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04-17-2004, 10:59 PM

I just finished adjuvant treatment for stage III and my oncologist does not do follow-up scans because there was a study done my that found that the treatment and outcome does not make a difference if the reoccurence/metastatis was found from a scan or symptoms.

I found the details of this study on the asco site and my problem is that this study is over 8 years old. There has been a lot of changes in the past 8 years in the treatment of metastatic disease. Many of the those new treatments depend on early detection. So, in 6 months, I am going to be pressuring my doctors for follow-up scans.

04-17-2004, 10:59 PM	#3
Leslie Guest Posts: n/a	I just finished adjuvant treatment for stage III and my oncologist does not do follow-up scans because there was a study done my that found that the treatment and outcome does not make a difference if the reoccurence/metastatis was found from a scan or symptoms. I found the details of this study on the asco site and my problem is that this study is over 8 years old. There has been a lot of changes in the past 8 years in the treatment of metastatic disease. Many of the those new treatments depend on early detection. So, in 6 months, I am going to be pressuring my doctors for follow-up scans.