Preposition: of

• patient: Follow-up of the 230 patients will continue for a further 18 months.

• month: With a median follow-up of 18 months, none of these patients has relapsed.

Converse of object

• await: Due for release in June, details regarding the long- awaited follow-up to 2002's mega-selling Stripped are a bit sketchy at present.

• arrange: Arranging a follow-up is important, preferably within 1-2 weeks of quitting.

• compare: Yes, Yahoo and MSN are big, too - but they are only follow-ups compared to Google's popularity.

Adjective modifier

• median: At a median follow-up of 2.7 years, 60 % of patients had died of disease.

• long-awaited: Keith Lindsay recently worked with legendary BBC comedy writer John Sullivan on Green Green Grass, the long-awaited follow-up to Only Fools And Horses.

• 6-month: METHOD: Results of standard surgery with 5-FU and LMWH therapy or placebo were compared at the 6-month follow-up.

• 12-month: Four women were very satisfied with treatment, 11 were satisfied, 2 were uncertain, and 3 were dissatisfied at 12-month follow-up.

• 2-year: At the 2-year follow-up, she remained free of disease.

• 5-year: The main research questions were: Are treatment gains maintained at 5-year follow-up?

Modifies a noun

• appointment: You should always be given a follow-up appointment within three months to discuss how you are getting on with your hearing aid.

• questionnaire: Students who complete all follow-up questionnaires will be entered into a prize draw in July with the top prize entailing a £ 250 holiday.

• interview: A follow-up interview is carried out in most cases to assess outcomes.

• survey: A follow-up survey was then carried out in order to analyze the effects of the project.

• clinic: The Minor Injuries Unit became nurse-led in April 2002, with local GPs undertaking specialist follow-up clinics.

• study: In a follow-up study, Fernandez measured levels of the blight in wheat fields.

Noun used with modifier

• telephone: Control group patients received usual care with quarterly semi-structured telephone interview follow-up only.

• month: The review included RCTs with at least 6 months follow-up in which clinical event outcomes were measured.