Follow up

After your treatment has finished, you will be asked to attend the hospital for regular check-ups. To begin with, these may be every month but they will gradually become less frequent. Your doctor will ask how you are feeling and examine you. You may have a blood test. From time to time, you may also have a CT scan, chest x-ray or ultrasound scan. You should also see your GP or hospital doctor if, between your follow-up visits, you have a symptom which:

• you cannot readily explain
• lasts more than a week
• is not getting better

For people whose treatment is over apart from regular check-ups, CancerBACUP’s section on adjusting to life after cancer gives useful advice on how to keep healthy and adjust to life after treatment.