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Follow-up care: care given to a patient over time after finishing treatment for a disease. Follow-up care involves regular medical checkups, which may include a physical exam, blood tests, and imaging tests. Follow-up care checks for health problems that may occur months or years after treatment ends, including the development of other types of disease. In cancer patients, one purpose of follow-up care is checking to see if the cancer has come back or has spread to other parts of the body .