Journal article
Regularly scheduled physical examinations and the detection of breast cancer recurrences
Abstract
PURPOSE: Follow-up care of early breast cancer (EBC) patients usually includes routinely scheduled physical examinations. While ASCO guidelines recommend a physical exam every three to six months for the first three years, little evidence supports this schedule. We evaluated recurrence detection of patients transferred into a single centre survivorship program that follows ASCO recommendations.
METHODS: Patients with EBC referred to the …
Authors
Beltran-Bless A-A; Alshamsan B; Alzahrani MJ; Hilton J; Baines K-A; Samuel V; Pond GR; Vandermeer L; Clemons M; Larocque G
Journal
The Breast, Vol. 69, , pp. 274–280
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2023
DOI
10.1016/j.breast.2023.03.004
ISSN
0960-9776