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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.

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Young Breast Cancer Patients Grapple With Fertility

It was just a few days before Christmas last year when Crystal Miller received the phone call that changed her life: Even though she was only 27 years old and had no risk factors, she had breast cancer. Still, she was stunned when, a few weeks later, her oncologist suggested that she speak to a fertility specialist. Amid fighting for her life, saving her future hypothetical children never crossed her mind.

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Ask Dr. Renee, How Does Having Breast Cancer Affect Fertility

Breast cancer diagnosis is no longer a death sentence. Unfortunately Black women are being diagnosed at younger ages. Black\women under the age of 40 are more likely to develop breast cancer than White women in the same age bracket. As if receiving a breast cancer diagnosis was not enough to worry about, now you have to worry about whether you will be able to ever have children once you become a survivor.

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Drug ‘Freezes’ Fertility of Breast Cancer Patients, Keeps Hopes of Having Baby After Chemo

Women diagnosed with breast cancer who undergo treatment may lose their ability to have a child in the future as chemotherapy can damage the ovaries and cause sterility. A drug that can temporarily freeze fertility, however, brings hope to breast cancer patients who are still eager to have a child after their treatment.