ROUTINE ROENTGENOGRAPHY AND BONE SCAN FOLLOWING BREAST CANCER
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
ROUTINE ROENTGENOGRAPHY AND BONE SCAN FOLLOWING BREAST CANCER treatment does not improve survival, two studies published in the May 25 Journal of the American Medical Association find. Based on the results, both studies recommend against routine follow-up of breast cancer patients with chest roentgenography and bone scan; one of the studies also recommends against routine use of liver echography and laboratory tests to detect distant metastases.