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What Follow-up tests do you get?
I had a mastectomy for primary breast cancer, (Grade 3Her2pos,node neg), then treatment with 6 rounds of Docetaxel and a year of trastuzumab.
My oncologist told me that I have 3wkly regular blood t...
If you look up www.cancerresearchuk.org you will be able to read lots of research - look for Trials Search Results and you can pick up a range of related subjects. Look at closed trials.
It is my understanding that a scan takes hundreds of x-rays as it goes around so they are in fact more dangerous than ordinary mammograms. The diagnostic mammogram looks for tiny detail.
I hope this gives you a way to do some research for yourself and questions to ask of your specialists.
My GP is impressed that the surgeon will see (and feel !) me every three months for two years then six monthly then annually. He said it means he is interested in his patients.
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Summer