Pregnancy after BC

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thank you SSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOO much for this encouraging information!

it was very thoughtful of you to post it

In a message dated 12/18/2006 4:29:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

ttfntatbcx2@... writes:

I can't remember which person it was that had sent an email to the group in

regards to starting a family after BC. but I came across this article and

thought I would post for all you young ladies who might want to read. tt.

BMJ-British Medical Journal

Women need not wait to conceive after breast cancer Pregnancy after breast

cancer -- Population based study BMJ Online First Young women who are

diagnosed with breast cancer need not wait the recommended two years after

treatment

before attempting to conceive, says a study published on bmj.com today.

Women of childbearing age who are diagnosed with breast cancer are currently

advised to wait at least two years after treatment to become pregnant. This

is mainly to identify those who relapse early and have a poor prognosis, but

there are no published data to suggest that postponing conception will affect

the outcome of the cancer or pregnancy. In fact, some studies have implied

that subsequent pregnancy may provide a survival benefit.

So researchers in Western Australia set out to investigate the effects of

pregnancy after breast cancer.

They identified 123 women aged 15-44 who were diagnosed with breast cancer

and had at least one pregnancy after their diagnosis. The average age at first

subsequent pregnancy was 35.

Sixty two (50%) women conceived within two years of their diagnosis (29 of

them had an abortion, 27 had a live birth, and six miscarried). More abortions

occurred in the first six months after breast cancer was diagnosed and while

the woman was undergoing active treatment.

Women who became pregnant had improved overall survival compared with those

who didn’t. This protective effect was seen for women who waited at least six

months to become pregnant, but it was stronger (statistically significant)

among women who waited two years after treatment.

This study does not support the current medical advice given to

premenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer to wait two years before

attempting to

conceive, say the authors.

This recommendation may be valid for women who are receiving treatment or

have systemic disease at diagnosis, but for women with localised disease, early

conception after completion of their treatment is unlikely to adversely

affect their survival, they conclude.BMJ-This recommendation may be valid

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[Guest guest]

I can't remember which person it was that had sent an email to the group in

regards to starting a family after BC. but I came across this article and

thought I would post for all you young ladies who might want to read. tt.

BMJ-British Medical Journal

Women need not wait to conceive after breast cancer Pregnancy after breast

cancer -- Population based study BMJ Online First Young women who are diagnosed

with breast cancer need not wait the recommended two years after treatment

before attempting to conceive, says a study published on bmj.com today.

Women of childbearing age who are diagnosed with breast cancer are currently

advised to wait at least two years after treatment to become pregnant. This is

mainly to identify those who relapse early and have a poor prognosis, but there

are no published data to suggest that postponing conception will affect the

outcome of the cancer or pregnancy. In fact, some studies have implied that

subsequent pregnancy may provide a survival benefit.

So researchers in Western Australia set out to investigate the effects of

pregnancy after breast cancer.

They identified 123 women aged 15-44 who were diagnosed with breast cancer and

had at least one pregnancy after their diagnosis. The average age at first

subsequent pregnancy was 35.

Sixty two (50%) women conceived within two years of their diagnosis (29 of

them had an abortion, 27 had a live birth, and six miscarried). More abortions

occurred in the first six months after breast cancer was diagnosed and while the

woman was undergoing active treatment.

Women who became pregnant had improved overall survival compared with those

who didn’t. This protective effect was seen for women who waited at least six

months to become pregnant, but it was stronger (statistically significant) among

women who waited two years after treatment.

This study does not support the current medical advice given to premenopausal

women diagnosed with breast cancer to wait two years before attempting to

conceive, say the authors.

This recommendation may be valid for women who are receiving treatment or have

systemic disease at diagnosis, but for women with localised disease, early

conception after completion of their treatment is unlikely to adversely affect

their survival, they conclude.BMJ-British Medical Journal

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