I am in my second year of remission from breast cancer. I hear that you only need check ups for 5 years after but isn't it safe to maybe keep going to get checkups every year?

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Here are the National Cancer

Submitted by Ross Bonander on Thu, 2010-09-23 20:28.

Here are the National Cancer Institute's recommendations on follow-up care. Also, check out the Susan G Komen pages on Fear of Getting Cancer Again and Return of Cancer after Treatment.

Ultimately, you need to establish a survivorship care plan with your physician, as well as be vigilant about self-exams.

When you say "checkups every year", that might be considered reasonable if it didn't include scans that involved radiation because of the threat of developing a secondary cancer from exposure to so much radiation in a lifetime.

Either way, the best thing to do is to talk to your primary care physician about developing a survivorship care plan that focuses on your overall health but puts an emphasis on the potential return of your breast cancer.

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Ross

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