How often should you be screened for recurrent colon cancer?

Annual visits: Colon cancer survivors should have regular visits as dictated by their doctors. Initially a colonoscopy should be performed at 1 year and then at least every 5 years. Some testing may involve blood or x-ray testing as well.

Year 1, 3, 5,5,5,5..: Current recommendations are to look 1 year after surgery, then 2-3 years later, then every 5. This obvioulsy depends on the nature/stage of your cancer, and it may be more often. I ask my patients to come in at year 1, year 3, year 5, then every 5 years after, but i decrease the interval if they have a lot of polyps. I also see them in office more frequently than that!