How often will I be tested after I am in remission from lymphoma?

How often will I be tested after I am in remission from lymphoma?

Noam Z. Drazin (Hematologist & Oncologist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Group) gives expert video advice on: What is the course of treatment for lymphoma?; How is "low-grade" lymphoma treated?; Is there any way to prevent lymphoma? and more...

Once a patient achieves a remission from lymphoma, the patient is followed on a routine basis, usually every three months for the first two years, then every six months for the susbequent three years, and then yearly after the five-year point. It depends on the particular guidelines that physicians are following but the guidelines that I usually utilize are the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines which physicians can access, and that patients can also access on the Internet that utilize a screening tool of CT Scans or CAT scans along with a Pet scan or a Positron Emission Tomography scan or PET scan, every three to six months for the first two to three years.