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Eelco de Bree1, Antonios Makrigiannakis, John Askoxylakis
1Department of Surgical Oncology, Medical School of Crete University Hospital, Herakleion, Greece. debree@edu.uoc.gr
Abstract:
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.
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