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What is considered expected follow-up?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Apr 25 7:08pm | Replies (23)

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Sedonadreaming, you might ask about PET/CT surveillance over the following years. My cancer was different than yours but I've been saddened by distant metastasis of breast cancer among friends. I struggled to understand how it could happen. But follow-up especially after five years seem to be non-existent. I've had to press for the imaging that would detect it. A mamogram can't detect brain metastasis. The oncotype will help determine where a metastasis is most likely.
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Insist on yearly ultrasound and mammograms. It's standard practice here in Australia. My breast cancer returned on the other side after 15 years. Grade 3 - very aggressive. Dense breasts - tumour was hiding under the nipple so I couldn't feel it.