Your experience with early breast cancer doesn’t end when your treatment does. Your goal – and that of your care team – is to keep the cancer from coming back and make sure you’re as healthy as you can be. Take this quiz about what’s next:

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You might have to take maintenance drugs for years after your cancer treatment. What should you do if you can’t afford them?

  • Forget about them.
  • Talk to your health care team about financial assistance that some drug companies offer.
  • Take half-pills to conserve the medicine.
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When your treatment is officially over, so are chances of side effects.

  • True
  • False
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What can you do to stay vigilant after your treatment is over?

  • Keep up with routine screenings.
  • Indulge in “bad” habits you weren’t able to during your treatment.
  • Celebrate that you’ll never have to think about cancer again.

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WebMD: “Lesson 7: Follow-Up Care.”