The current follow-up system for cancer patients is a waste of time and needs to be completely overhauled, according to Jane Maher, Chief Medical Officer at Macmillan Cancer Support writing for BBC Scrubbing Up. Instead cancer patients should be given 'the skills and knowledge to self-manage their condition, and provide support if needed, which would be far more effective at spotting reoccurrences of cancer.' At the moment cancer patients who survive initial treatment enter what is called the 'follow-up system' - regular appointments to check that the cancer has not returned... 
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