Devita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer

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

Question 24.45. With regard to surveillance for patients with early-stage breast cancer, all

of the following are true, EXCEPT:

A. Screening mammography and breast ultrasound are the only imaging

studies recommended for routine surveillance.

B. There is no role for intense surveillance, because early detection of

relapse has not been shown to improve OS or other meaningful clin-

ical end points.

C. Survival data from surveillance strategies to detect early recurrence

of disease may be affected by lead-time bias.

D. Survival data from surveillance strategies to detect early recurrence

of disease may be affected by length bias.