Routine follow-up of patients after primary therapy for early breast cancer: Changing concepts and challenges for the future
- 1 March 1993
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Annals Of Oncology
- Vol. 4 (3), 199-204
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.annonc.a058456
Abstract
In an era of increasing financial constraints, physicians are being forced to critically re-evaluate various clinical practices that have not been shown to be cost-effective or associated with definitive patient benefit. Routine follow-up programs following primary therapy for early-stage breast cancer vary widely from centre to centre, and although the subject of numerous retrospective analyses, they have not been prospectively evaluated to date. This review paper presents arguments for changing the emphasis of follow-up visits and stresses the need for prospective clinical and cost-benefit evaluations of current follow-up practices.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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