The Reality in the Surveillance of Breast Cancer Survivors—Results of a Patient Survey
Author(s) -
Stemmler Hans-Joachim,
Dorit Lässig,
P Stieber,
Ingo Bauerfeind,
S. Kahlert,
Fasching Peter Alexander,
Beckmann Matthias Wilhelm,
Margrit Glattes,
Ursula Goldmann-Posch,
Verena Hoffmann,
Michael Untch,
Volker Heinemann
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
breast cancer basic and clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1178-2234
DOI - 10.4137/bcbcr.s511
Subject(s) - medicine , abandonment (legal) , breast cancer , feeling , family medicine , questionnaire , cancer , general surgery , psychology , social psychology , political science , law , social science , sociology
International guidelines for the surveillance of breast cancer patients recommend a minimized clinical follow-up including routine history and physical examination and regularly scheduled mammograms. However, the abandonment of scheduled follow-up examinations in breast cancer survivors remains a contradiction to established follow-up guidelines for other solid tumours.
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