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Long-term Outcomes of Preventing Premature Menopause During Chemotherapy

Compared with receiving chemotherapy alone, women with breast cancer who also received the hormonal drug triptorelin to achieve ovarian suppression had a higher long-term probability of ovarian function recovery, without a statistically significant difference in pregnancy rate or disease-free survival, according to a study in the December 22/29 issue of JAMA.

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Hormonal Therapy May Prevent Ovarian Failure and Preserve Fertility in Breast Cancer

Young women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer may be more likely to remain fertile if they also receive hormonal treatment, according to new research presented to the 2015 European Cancer Congress on Monday and published simultaneously in Annals of Oncology.

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Battle Over S.F. Couple’s Frozen Embryos Heads to Court

on Friday, June 26, 2015. Just days before her wedding in 2010, Lee was diagnosed with breast cancer so she and her new husband agreed to in vitro fertilization and freeze several embryos. After she finished her cancer treatments, her husband told her he wanted a divorce and has since refused to give Lee consent to use the frozen embryos for her last chance to have a biological child and instead, wants the embryos destroyed.

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Battle Over S.F. Couple’s Frozen Embryos Heads to Court

on Friday, June 26, 2015. Just days before her wedding in 2010, Lee was diagnosed with breast cancer so she and her new husband agreed to in vitro fertilization and freeze several embryos. After she finished her cancer treatments, her husband told her he wanted a divorce and has since refused to give Lee consent to use the frozen embryos for her last chance to have a biological child and instead, wants the embryos destroyed.

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SOFT Yields Hard Data on Hormone Therapy

For decades, we have been wondering whether suppression of the ovaries in addition to tamoxifen would improve the outcomes of women with hormone-receptor–positive premenopausal breast cancer. The SOFT trial was designed to address that question on the basis of a lot of data that suggested that it might help, especially in very young women.

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Starting a Family Against the Odds

At 33, Candice Ismirle is battling an aggressive, metastatic breast cancer. She and her husband, who live in Washington, conceived the twins through in vitro fertilization. Candice’s cousin Erin McKenney, also 33, a nurse at the hospital in Upland, served as a gestational surrogate, carrying and delivering the babies.