The American Society for Clinical Oncology and the American Cancer Society published a joint guideline for primary care physicians on managing the long-term care of breast cancer survivors, recommending regular surveillance for recurrence, but not performing laboratory or imaging tests in patients not displaying symptoms.
For more than a year before her stage 4 lung cancer was found, 35-year-old Alisa Secaida, a never-smoker and a physically active Southern Californian, had been experiencing a persistent cough and, increasingly, fatigue.
