Yes, absolutely seeing your Medical Oncologist who is the lead of your cancer care is important. Continuing to monitor your status for years post your initial diagnosis and treatment is vital.
Many do not require Chemotherapy. Ongoing Mammograms, lab/blood work, other testing may become available that will be valuable to have. Coordination with your Primary Care Provider (PCP) is also a positive coordination of care aspect. Also, recommending seeing Digestive Care for Colonoscopy is important as well when you have had Breast Cancer. There is so much that a Oncologist does that is not picked up by any other specialty.

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Yes, for all the reasons stated in the AI answer. I did not need chemo and my oncologist is prescribing and monitoring potential side effects of the long-term hormone therapy. Regular mammograms because of dense breasts did not pick up my cancer, I felt it first. Breast MRIs are what's needed if you have dense breasts. I'm assuming my oncologist will have more sway in ordering breast MRIs than my regular physician.

@A MyBCTeam Member Yes, You need see an Oncologist even if your treatment doesn't include Chemo, Radiation or surgery

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I had stage 2 cancer and 3 years later stage 4 I told my oncologist that I didn’t want chemo but I’d have surgery, radiation and other hormone therapy He always listens to me and works with all my other doctors

I only had an oncologist for 2 months, from diagnosis to "cure". Then I was put into "survivorship" where an advanced practice nurse in oncology and my surgeon alternate seeing me and tracking needed tests. Initially one of them saw me every 3 months; now it is every 6 months. My tumor was found very early and my only treatment was surgery (mastectomy). I'm not sure, in a case like mine, it makes a lot of difference as the providers following me are likely as capable as any oncologist and both have worked with me from the beginning.