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A MyBCTeam Member asked a question 💭
South Milwaukee, WI

For any of us that are in the follow-up treatment phase - how often do you have CTs or MRIs and for those with bilateral mastectomies - we don't have mammograms, so how does your doctor follow-up on local recurrence?

September 22, 2012
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I'm barely a year out but my onc is ordering a full body PET scan once a year and breast/chest MRI every six months. I did have a bilateral mastectomy and it spread to my lymph nodes so she likes the PET scans - and I do too!! I'm told at the three year mark it's scans once a year, unless of course something suspicious comes up.

September 24, 2012
A MyBCTeam Member

I find it so interesting that we each have different follow-up when it seems like treatments are very generic.

October 3, 2012
A MyBCTeam Member

Had a Chest Abdomen and pelvic first year...

March 4, 2013
A MyBCTeam Member

I was told I needed to have yearly MRI's because I have silicone implants.

October 1, 2012
A MyBCTeam Member

For me, scans only if symptoms and blood tests every 3 months. The blood tests are regular oncpanels not tumor markers. I had node involvement.

October 1, 2012

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