Breast Cancer Follow-Up: Why Aren’t We Being Tested for Recurrence?

Part 4: What medical providers tell breast cancer survivors about post-treatment recurrence surveillance

Christina Vaughn: Nurse, Writer, Creator.
ILLUMINATION
Published in
12 min readNov 28, 2023

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When breast cancer survivors are told that follow-up scans and tumor markers are only effective tools in post-treatment breast cancer care after recurrence is suspected due to…

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Christina Vaughn: Nurse, Writer, Creator.
ILLUMINATION

Medical research writer. Wellness/mental health, addiction/parenting. Published Amazon author: Of Death and Brokenness…