Pregnancy after breast cancer. A comprehensive review.
Pregnancy after breast cancer treatment has become an important issue since many young breast cancer patients have not completed their family. Generally, these patients should not be discouraged to become pregnant when they want to, since published data suggest no adverse effect of pregnancy on survival. As fertility may be impaired by chemotherapy, different fertility preserving strategies have been developed. Births seem to sustain no adverse effects, while breastfeeding appears to be feasible and safe.
de Bree
Eelco
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Department of Surgical Oncology, Medical School of Crete University Hospital, Herakleion, Greece. debree@edu.uoc.gr
Makrigiannakis
Antonios
A
Askoxylakis
John
J
Melissas
John
J
Tsiftsis
Dimitris D
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D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome