What happens 5 years after diagnosis?

My new oncologist says I will know if my primary peritoneal comes back , after over 5 years of successful treatment. The cancer was at stage 4B at diagnosis, and I had only a small weight loss to indicate any problems. How might I know that I have a recurrence in future?

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    My previous oncologist had prescribed Letrozole after 6 doses of chemotherapy and then surgery, I have had no further problems, and a very consistently low CA125 level of 8 since then, which seems to support his feeling ( backed up by his own research into Letrozole for breast cancer) that it would reduce the chances of a recurrence. My new oncologist has disagreed with this, and wishes to stop Letrozole until I show signs of a recurrence, and this makes me very anxious. This is the first time I have ever felt anxious about any treatment I have had up to now - so far I have had absolute faith in my consultants! 

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    My previous oncologist had prescribed Letrozole after 6 doses of chemotherapy and then surgery, I have had no further problems, and a very consistently low CA125 level of 8 since then, which seems to support his feeling ( backed up by his own research into Letrozole for breast cancer) that it would reduce the chances of a recurrence. My new oncologist has disagreed with this, and wishes to stop Letrozole until I show signs of a recurrence, and this makes me very anxious. This is the first time I have ever felt anxious about any treatment I have had up to now - so far I have had absolute faith in my consultants! 

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