Follow-up schedule

Recommendation

Follow-up schedule

Patient history and clinical examination should occur every 3-6 months for the first 2 years, every 6-12 months for the next 3 years and annually after 5 years.

How this guidance was developed

This recommendation was adopted from the CA 2010 guidelines (Australia). The source recommendation was based on a systematic review of the evidence conducted to January 2008 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.

Follow-up schedule

Recommendation

Patient history and clinical examination should occur every 3-6 months for the first 2 years, every 6-12 months for the next 3 years and annually after 5 years.

Principles in action
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Multidisciplinary care
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Supportive care
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Care coordination

This recommendation was adopted from the CA 2010 guidelines (Australia). The source recommendation was based on a systematic review of the evidence conducted to January 2008 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.