Do you alter your surveillance plan after achieving local control for patients with breast CA with locoregional recurrence given the higher risk of distant recurrence?
Current guidelines for breast cancer do not recommend periodic staging scans in absence of clinical indications.
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
The data regarding best surveillance strategies for patients with locoregional recurrence is limited. Patients who recur with extensive locoregional involvement but are salvaged with systemic and local therapies are at very high risk of relapse. Therefore, for such patients, I am leaning towards sur...
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I agree with Dr. @Robert Wesolowski. I would add t...