Fertility problems of young breast cancer survivors / 中华内分泌外科杂志

ABSTRACT

More and more young patients survive from breast cancer with improvement of curative effect. The next challenge is to realize fertility demands of young breast cancer survivors. The safety issue, preservation of fertility and timing of pregnancy are the common focus of clinicians and patients. This review of relative researches points out that, with current evidence, pregnancy does not increase recurrence risk of young breast cancer survivors. To fulfill their wishes of being mothers, fertility protection should be included in their diagnosis and treatment, and multidisciplinary assessment of pregnancy timing is needed.