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Breast Cancer • Radiation Oncology
How often do you order follow up mammograms after breast radiotherapy?
The 2013 ASCO guidelines and current NCCN guidelines recommend yearly mammograms but our radiologists are still recommending mammograms every 6 months for 2-5 years. Is your practice to order yearly mammograms?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
We do it once a year, as doing them more frequently than that has not been shown to improve outcomes and this is endorsed by national societies. There is a recent paper which showed higher yields with 6 month mammograms but this has not shown to improve outcomes and our approach at present is a year...
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Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Community Practice
The ASTRO Choose Wisely campaign for this year includes recommendation for yearly mammogram after breast conserving surgery and RT:
https://www.astro.org/Clinical-Practice/Choosing-Wisely/2014-Choosing-Wisely.aspx