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I think the answer likely depends on stage of dx and whether or not one has other chronic conditions.
As a NED stage 1 (T1c) with no other chronic conditions, I stopped seeing any oncology office at 5 years out. I saw my surgeon in Seattle last fall to have my port taken out, which I had kept quite a while because I have never had trastuzumab.
There are no specialists where I live but I can go to Seattle annually for them if I need to. I have been seeing an internist here since diagnosis and my chemotherapy was done at my preference either at his office or at the hospital with no local onc. He stays qualified beyond the level of an internist for emergency medicine and cardiology.
My internist is adding an NP to his practice and I will be seeing her instead of the internist, and I'm fine with seeing the NP.
AlaskaAngel
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