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

Authors
Citation
B. Gardner, SURVEILLANCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CANCER-PATIENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BREAST AND COLON-CANCER, The American journal of surgery, 173(2), 1997, pp. 141-144
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
ISSN journal
00029610
Volume
173
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
141 - 144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9610(1997)173:2<141:SITMOT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
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.