Monitoring After Lung Cancer Treatment
Posted by Rachev Macario | March 19th, 2010 in Monitoring Of Lung Cancer | No Comments »
When lung cancer has been controlled through treatment, starting a regular review process that has as main purpose to detect a possible relapse in time. In addition, this monitoring also appreciate the potential consequences of treatment and the patient is provided the necessary psychological support.
Each review will be questioned patients about their symptoms, perform a detailed physical examination and requesting analysis and x-ray examinations, ultrasound and so on. depending on the diagnostic possibilities of relapse or progression of cancer. As time passes are less likely to relapse and the reviews were spaced, but it is always advisable to make a year to control the appearance of new cancers, or in the lung or other organs.
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