title: Routine follow-up of breast cancer patients.
abstract: The outcome of routine follow-up of women treated for breast cancer by mastectomy has been analysed. Over 157 woman-years of follow-up, 315 routine visits were made by 33 women who had been subjected to mastectomy. At these routine clinics two asymptomatic recurrences were diagnosed. Both of these patients died within 2 years of relapse. At 26 routine clinic visits, a diagnosis other than recurrence of breast cancer was made. Routine follow-up of women treated for breast cancer by mastectomy has limited value.
authors.affiliation: Yorkshire Regional Centre for Cancer Treatment, Cookridge Hospital, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Snee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015996:Survival Rate; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D016896:Treatment Outcome