Pregnancy around the time of diagnosis or afterward did not affect 5-year survival.
One of the greatest dilemmas and sources of anxiety for young breast cancer survivors and their physicians relates to recommendations regarding pregnancy following a diagnosis of breast cancer. The notion that a flood of hormones associated with pregnancy will cause a recurrence of breast cancer is embedded in the thinking of many patients and physicians.
To better understand the effect of pregnancy on survival in women with breast cancer, Canadian investigators conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study involving more than 7500 women who received a diagnosis of breast cancer from 2003 through 2014.
At a mean follow-up of 5.2 years, 5-year overall survival (the primary outcome) was similar for women with no pregnancy (87.5%), wom…
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DisclosuresConsultant/Advisory BoardLilly; AstraZeneca; Gilead
Grant/Research SupportBreast Cancer Research Foundation
Editorial BoardsClinical Breast Cancer; Oncology; Annals of Surgery; Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNational Comprehensive Cancer Network (Chair, Breast Cancer Panel); American Board of Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology Board)
DisclosuresConsultant/Advisory BoardLilly; AstraZeneca; Gilead
Grant/Research SupportBreast Cancer Research Foundation
Editorial BoardsClinical Breast Cancer; Oncology; Annals of Surgery; Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNational Comprehensive Cancer Network (Chair, Breast Cancer Panel); American Board of Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology Board)