What follow-up looks like for your diagnosis.
Cancer Types
Survivorship guides by cancer type — typical follow-up schedules, the long-term effects most relevant to each treatment, and what to watch for.
20 guides in this section
After breast cancer treatmentFollow-up mammograms, hormone therapy for five to ten years, lymphoedema, bone and heart health, and the symptoms worth reporting between appointments.4 min readAfter prostate cancer treatmentWhat PSA follow-up means, recovery of urinary and sexual function, and the long-term effects of hormone therapy on bone, heart and mood.4 min readAfter bowel (colorectal) cancer treatmentSurveillance colonoscopy, CEA and CT scans, living with a changed bowel or a stoma, and the treatable causes of diarrhoea that are frequently missed.4 min readAfter lung cancer treatmentCT surveillance, rebuilding breathing capacity, the effects of immunotherapy that can persist, and why stopping smoking still matters after treatment.3 min readAfter melanoma treatmentHow to check your own skin properly, what follow-up involves, sun protection that actually matters, and the long-term effects of immunotherapy.4 min readAfter lymphoma treatmentWhy follow-up relies more on symptoms than scans, the late effects that matter after chest radiotherapy and intensive chemotherapy, and the vaccinations and monitoring to ask about.4 min readAfter testicular cancer treatmentSurveillance with markers and scans, hormone and fertility questions, the long-term effects of cisplatin, and looking after the remaining testicle.3 min readAfter head and neck cancer treatmentDry mouth, dental protection, swallowing and speech, neck stiffness and thyroid checks — the survivorship issues that define daily life after head and neck treatment.4 min readAfter myeloma treatmentMyeloma is treated in cycles of remission and relapse rather than finished. What the blood tests track, why bones and infection dominate day-to-day life, and what maintenance treatment involves.5 min readAfter ovarian cancer treatmentWhy CA-125 monitoring is more controversial than people expect, what symptoms actually matter, surgical menopause, genetic testing and maintenance treatment.4 min readAfter cervical cancer treatmentFollow-up after treatment, the pelvic radiotherapy effects nobody warns you about, vaginal dilators and sexual health, early menopause, and fertility after treatment.4 min readAfter bladder cancer treatmentBladder cancer has unusually intensive surveillance. What cystoscopy follow-up involves, living with a urostomy or neobladder, and why stopping smoking matters most here.5 min readAfter leukaemia treatmentBlood-count monitoring, infection risk that outlasts treatment, revaccination after a transplant, and the long-term effects of graft-versus-host disease.4 min readAfter brain tumour treatmentScan surveillance, the fatigue that surprises everyone, cognitive and personality changes, seizure medication and driving, and the hormone checks after cranial radiotherapy.5 min readAfter pancreatic cancer treatmentDigestive enzyme replacement that is routinely under-prescribed, diabetes after pancreatic surgery, rebuilding weight, and what follow-up involves.4 min readAfter kidney cancer treatmentProtecting the kidney you have left, blood pressure, imaging surveillance that runs for years because recurrence can be late, and the effects of targeted and immune therapy.4 min readAfter sarcoma treatmentRehabilitation after limb-sparing surgery or amputation, why chest scans are part of follow-up, and the long-term effects of the drugs used in sarcoma.4 min readAfter thyroid cancer treatmentGetting levothyroxine right, the calcium problem after surgery that nobody warns you about, thyroglobulin monitoring, and being told you had "the good cancer".4 min readAfter oesophageal or stomach cancer treatmentEating differently for good — small meals, dumping syndrome, reflux at night, lifelong vitamin B12 after stomach removal, and rebuilding weight.4 min readAfter womb (endometrial) cancer treatmentSurgical menopause often years early, leg and genital lymphoedema after node surgery, vaginal changes after brachytherapy, and why Lynch syndrome testing matters here.4 min read
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