The purpose of the American Cancer Society/American Society of Clinical Oncology Breast
Cancer Survivorship Care Guideline is to provide recommendations to assist primary care …

Objective To offer FPs a summary of evidence-based recommendations to guide their follow-
up survivorship care of women treated for breast cancer. Quality of evidence A literature …

Long-term survival rates after a diagnosis of breast cancer are steadily rising. This is good
news, but clinicians must also recognize that this brings new challenges to the medical …

Breast cancer survivors account for 23% of the more than 10 million cancer survivors in the
United States today. The treatments for breast cancer are complex and extend over a long …

Most individuals diagnosed with breast cancer will experience long-term survival. Following
initial active treatment for breast cancer, survivors may experience a variety of medical …

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, and survivors with this diagnosis
account for almost one fourth of the over 14 million cancer survivors in the US. After several …

Over the past several decades, the number of cancer survivors has increased dramatically
as a result of improved early detection of first malignancies and effective therapies. There …

In the 1980s, it was common to follow early stage survivors of breast cancer with multiple
blood tests, chest radiographs, and other imaging (eg, bone scans). This practice was not …

In 2006, the IOM released a report citing the importance of “survivorship plans” to improve
quality of life and care coordination for cancer survivors, but little has been done to evaluate …

Objective To examine the most common long‐term and late effects of breast cancer
treatment, the American Society of Clinical Oncology guidelines for surveillance, and …