Fertility and Breast Cancer treatment?
Ok-My wife (30 years old) just found out she had breast cancer. Here is the Biopsy results: The histopathology diagnosis of the left ultrasound-guided core biopsy of a palpable mass in the 1 o’clock axis has returned as infiltrating moderately differentiated ductal carcinoma with features of lobular carcinoma Grade II, 1cm. This is positive for estrogen receptors and for progesterone receptors. We are going to the surgical oncologist Thursday for a consult. I know this is treatable, but what are the long term consequences? Can we still have children if she does chemo and radiation treatment?
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These are questions for your doctor. I read an article about a woman who was undergoing chemo and radiation so she had some eggs removed from her ovaries and frozen. Later on she could have a child, I forget if she could carry the child herself or if the couple used a surrogate mother.
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One of the women in my breast cancer support group gave birth following surgery and part of her treatment. She interrupted her treatment to have her daughter, breast fed from her remaining breast for a few weeks then went on to complete her treatment. My aunt had treatment for breast cancer in 1955, daughter born 1959, another fight with breast cancer in 1962, another daughter in 1964. Finally succumbed to breast cancer in 2003. It is possible, but not always. Discuss this with her oncologist. Freezing of eggs or embryos is the other option, but hormonal treatment is often involved in egg harvesting and this could be counter indicated.
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Every woman views the risk of infertility in light of her background, her hopes, and her expectations. You may not know if you're fertile—separate from the whole breast cancer issue. You may be thinking about having your first child after age 35, when fertility is lower than it would have been in your 20s. You may have had fertility treatment for a prior pregnancy, and you're expecting that getting pregnant again will also be a challenge. Or maybe in the past it seems you've been able to get pregnant by just looking at your partner (more or less), and you're wondering if that will change after treatment. Talk to your doctor about what you can expect. If your doctor tells you that your risk of becoming infertile after treatment is very low, you can let go of that worry and concentrate on cancer therapy issues. If your risk of infertility after chemotherapy is significant, or an optimistic projection does not reassure you, get more information before starting any breast cancer therapy. Arrange to see a fertility specialist—also called a reproductive endocrinologist. That consultation will help you learn more about your risk and the management of infertility brought on by cancer treatment. You'll need some "pull" to get an immediate appointment with this specialist. Ask your doctor to call the specialist's office and be persistent on your behalf. You're entitled to special consideration because of the pressure to start cancer treatment, but you have to ask for it. It's also important to ask if the specialist has any expertise in taking care of cancer patients with infertility concerns, and in fertility preservation techniques. If there is no such specialist in your area, you may have to rely on your gynecologist. For many infertility problems that may be fine. But it still makes sense to do a lot of reading or to go to the Internet for as much information as you can dig up.
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