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Pregnancy Found 'Safe' for Breast Cancer Survivors
Pregnancy Found 'Safe' for Breast Cancer Survivors
S Freeman
20100231
2010 Mar 31
Elsevier Global Medical News
Pregnancy Found 'Safe' for Breast Cancer Survivors
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Mar 31, S Freeman
BARCELONA (EGMN)—If women who have been successfully treated for breast cancer become pregnant, the findings of a large meta-analysis suggest they are not putting their lives at risk. Indeed, investigators found some evidence that pregnancy in breast cancer survivors may confer a protective effect on overall survival."There is a wide perception in the oncology community that women with a history of breast cancer should not get pregnant," said the first author, Dr. Hatem A. Azim Jr. at the European...