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Cancer follow-up checks 'disruptive'

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Fundamental changes are needed in aftercare for cancer patients, according to a leading cancer specialist.

Professor Jane Maher, of Macmillan Cancer Support, believes that many routine follow-up checks after cancer treatment should be dropped.


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