Women Teaching Women: Retooling Your Clinical Toolbox | November 2023-Questions and Answers 2

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During a Q&A session, the speaker discusses the approach to follow-up procedures for patients with bleeding after treatment. For tumor bleeding, they recommend not re-looking initially because the tumor is likely to continue bleeding. Instead, the patient should be stabilized and consider other treatments like IR or radiation therapy. However, for peptic ulcers, a re-look may be necessary to see if further intervention is needed. The speaker also addresses the approach to screenings for colon cancer, particularly the new recommendation to start at age 45. They mention that insurance companies are mandated to cover screenings with a grade A or B recommendation. Lastly, they briefly touch on the topic of when to stop screenings, mentioning that different societies have different recommendations and it should ultimately be based on the individual patient's health and life expectancy.

Keywords

follow-up procedures

tumor bleeding

peptic ulcers

screenings

colon cancer