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Annual GYN exams for breast cancer survivorsFrom: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 8 Apr 1997 00:50:44 -0500 (CDT)
I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a mastectomy in 1992. Since then, two different GYNs, whom I have visited for initial routine annual exams, have only done a pelvic exam on me. Neither one did a breast exam, and neither one ask me when I had last had a breast exam. I did not ask them to do a breast exam because I saw no value in having a breast exam by someone who was not interested in doing one on me. The first time that this happened, I was surprised. The second time that this happened, I thought that maybe this was the norm for breast cancer survivors and that I had unrealistic expectations. What is the reason that a GYN would omit the breast exam on a breast cancer survivor, and how common is this practice?
-- Renee Kaplan kaplan@ionet.net
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