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To review (1) basic principles of follow-up in patients who are in complete remission following curative therapy for cancer; (2) evaluate the available data on followup strategies for testicular cancer, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, small cell and non-small cell lung cancer, and prostate cancer; and (3) analyze the cost of follow-up strategies METHODS: The English language literature was reviewed utilizing MEDLINE headings for the specific malignancies and the text word "follow-up." Bibliographies of relevant articles also were reviewed. Emphasis was placed on prospective, randomized trials or large retrospective studies in which all patients who potentially could have been evaluated were accounted. The costs of various testing strategies were analyzed utilizing data from the Health Care Finance Administration. ## DATA SYNTHESIS: Proper follow-up strategies should take into account patterns and time course of recurrence and should be obtained if detection of recurrence would allow meaningful therapeutic intervention. Testing also should be directed at early detection of malignant and nonmalignant complications known to be associated wi

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Author

Martin J. Edelman; Frederick J. Meyers; David Siegel

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0884-8734)

Published

1997

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)