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Monitoring after treatment
I am curious about the way that survivors are being monitored once their treatments are done.
A friend of mine from St. Louis is given chest ex-rays and a tumor marker tests periodically, her cancer was stage 2B. I was talking to my oncologist and they just give you blood tests to tests things like liver levels as well as just a periodic exam. They don't due any x-rays or CT's or Pet Scans unless there is a reason to think there may be a problem. He told me they only do the tumor marker test on people who they know have tumors.
I was wondering which way is the norm.
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