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Check out both table-sets for Follow-up treatment

You may also download this table in a Word Document Format, print it out and give it to your primary care physician to keep a checklist of all screenings and tests that you have completed and still need to complete.

Time off treatment	History and physical exam	Complete blood count, liver and kidney studies 1	Chest X-ray	Chest CT scan	MRI or CT of primary site	X-ray of primary site	Bone Scan
End of treatment	X	X	X	X	X		X
3 months	X		X			X
6 months	X		X	X		X
9 months	X		X			X
1 year	X	X	X	X		X
1 ½ years	X		X	X		X
2years	X		X	X		X
2 ½ years	X		X	X		X
3 years	X		X	X		X
4 years	X		X			X
5 years	X	X	X			X
6 years	X		X			X
7 years	X		X			X
8 years	X		X			X
9 years	X		X			X
10 years	X		X			X
Yearly	X

Time off treatment	Echocardiogram and EKG	Audiogram	Hormone evaluation 2	Surgical and functional evaluation	Fasting Lipid Profile 3	Bone Density 4
End of treatment		X
3 months	X			X
6 months
9 months
1 year			X	X	X 3	X 4
1 ½ years
2years
2 ½ years	X	X		X
3years
4 years
5 years	X		X	X	X 3	X 4
6 years
7 years
8 years
9 years
10 years	X 5			X 6
Yearly

1 CBC with differential and platelet count; AST, total bilirubin, creatinine, urinalysis, creatinine clearance, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, BUN, electrolytes, alkaline phosphatase, albumin, bicarbonate-follow-up is required more often and for a longer period if abnormalities are detected.

2 Follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, estradiol/or testosterone (when > 15 years old).

3 Baseline at entry into long-term follow-up, then as per United States Preventive Task Force Recommendations.

4 Baseline at age 18, and repeated as clinically indicated.

5 Periodic evaluation is required in cases of detected abnormalities, or per recommendation of a cardiologist. The COG recommends EKG and Echocardiogram every two years for patients with this amount of anthracycline exposure.

6 Then regularly per recommendations of your orthopedic surgeon.