Devita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer

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348 DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg’s CANCER: Principles and Practice of Oncology Review

Answer 24.45. The answer is A.

It is not clear that early detection of distant metastatic disease improves

clinically important outcomes. As such, screening mammography is the

only imaging study recommended for routine surveillance in asymp-

tomatic patients. A woman should have a mammogram of her conserved

breast annually, beginning no more than 6 months after completion of

radiotherapy.