SURVEILLANCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CANCER-PATIENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BREAST AND COLON-CANCER

Senior surgeons of the Society of Surgical Oncology were surveyed conc erning their followup practices for patients with colon and breast can cer and compared them with the recommendations in the current literatu re. Intensive follow-up is not indicted for patients with breast cance r patients and all surgeons agree by using physical examination and ma mmograms predominantly Colon cancer follow-up was variable and the lit erature indicates a small survival advantage for intensive followup. ( C) 1997 by Excerpta Medica, Inc.