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    Follow-up care of early breast cancer (EBC) patients usually includes routinely scheduled physical examinations. While ASCO guidelines recommend a physical exam every three to six months for the first three years, little evidence supports this schedule. We evaluated recurrence detection of patients transferred into a single centre survivorship program that follows ASCO recommendations.

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    • Interesting assessment of regular PE in detecting local and distance recurrence - doesnt work! ~35,000 exams required to detect 2! Time to rethink guidelines? Regularly scheduled PEs and detection of BC recurrences - The Breast https://t.co/AdkdAxMxOe @oncoalert @TheBreastOnline