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Recommendation
Population cancer screening programs
All patients who have received treatment for breast cancer should be encouraged to participate in other cancer screening programs as for the general population.
It is recommended that primary care clinicians should screen for other cancers as they would for patients in the general population
How this guidance was developed
This recommendation was adopted from the ACS/ASCO 2016 guidelines (US). The source recommendation was based on a systematic review of the evidence conducted to April 2015 and was not graded by the source guideline authors. The source recommendation was accepted with minor stylistic changes but with no changes to the meaning or tone of the source recommendation.
Population cancer screening programs
Recommendation
All patients who have received treatment for breast cancer should be encouraged to participate in other cancer screening programs as for the general population.
Principles in action
Supportive care
This recommendation was adopted from the ACS/ASCO 2016 guidelines (US). The source recommendation was based on a systematic review of the evidence conducted to April 2015 and was not graded by the source guideline authors. The source recommendation was accepted with minor stylistic changes but with no changes to the meaning or tone of the source recommendation.