@nomikins I can answer your questions. "Surveillance" in cancer care means that you are being carefully monitored for any new signs of cancer. You are scheduled for appointments according to your Cancer Survivorship Plan (I had endometrial cancer and so I go for appointments every 6 months for the next 2 years, then after that I will go annually). The "visual" I think refers to a physical exam. I have a physical exam (a pelvic exam) by my nurse practitioner as part of my surveillance. If she sees something suspicious then she removes the tissue (if possible) for a biopsy and sends it to pathology for a diagnosis. That is how my recurrence was found in 2021.

Your surgeon sent your biopsies to the lab to be examined by pathology. Have you heard back yet from your surgeon or seen your pathology report?

When you see your surgeon again she will tell you often you should return for those "active surveillance" appointments so that either she can examine you (the visual) for any changes that she will biopsy and perhaps treat again. If she does not tell you how often you should return then please ask her.

Does this answer your questions?