Cancer question---After a breast is removed, how do they check it to find out if there has been a recurrence?

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Cancer question---After a breast is removed, how do they check it to find out if there has been a recurrence?

since a mammogram isn't any longer possible? After 6 years, my surgeried area is extremely itchy sometimes and it worries me since this is something totally new.

2006-11-27 11:59:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer

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Sonogram.

2006-11-28 03:00:43 · answer #1 · answered by Zelda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Biopsies, CAT's and MRI's

2006-11-27 12:00:57 · answer #2 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

PET Scans, MRI's, and CAT scans.

2006-11-27 13:06:42 · answer #3 · answered by Jenna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋