Why don't doctors do scans after breast cancer treatment is finished?

Many cancer survivors share this same concern about the shift from regular monitoring to symptom-based follow-up care. The transition from active treatment to survivorship can feel unsettling when routine scans stop, especially when previous cancers didn't cause noticeable symptoms. This approach is actually based on medical research showing that routine imaging for asymptomatic survivors doesn't improve outcomes, but it's completely understandable to feel anxious about this change - many others in this community have expressed similar feelings about navigating post-treatment life.

My biggest fear is not catching a reoccurrence or a new cancer in time after basically being cut loose after treatment. I thought they would do scans every 6 months or at least yearly for the first 5 years, but was also told to look for symptoms. I also felt fine, if I hadn't found the lump in my breast, I never would have know anything was wrong until it was way to late. 🎉 Congratulations on being cancer free!!

I was diagnosed in March and had surgery plus 20 rounds of radiation Caught early Dcis stage O not a lump it was calcifications. 6 month mammogram was last week benign calcifications this time same breast Anyone else had this ?