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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Breast Cancer Drug Proven Effective Fertility Treatment
A recent study reveals Femara, a medication that’s FDA-approved to treat breast cancer, may be more effective than current fertility drugs for some women who suffer from PCOS.
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.
Cancer Linked to Menopause Drug in New Report
Popular menopause drugs made in part from estrogen found in the urine of pregnant horses have caused breast cancer in thousands of Canadian women, according to allegations in a new report by the Canadian Cancer Society’s top epidemiologist.
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.
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.
Fertility Drugs May Not Increase Breast Cancer Risk, say Researchers
Past research has associated the use of fertility drugs with an increased risk of breast cancer. But a new study from the National Cancer Institute indicates that this may not be the case.
Researchers Raise Concerns About BPA and Breast Cancer
A growing number of health advocates are raising concerns about possible links between the estrogen-like chemical BPA and breast cancer. Consumer concern about BPA, or bisphenol A, has led manufacturers to remove it from baby bottles and infant formula packaging.
Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Blood Clots
Woman who take estrogen and progestin, a combination hormone replacement therapy (HRT), have double the risk of developing blood clots. The findings add more grief to a growing list of risks associated with HRT, including, heart attack, breast cancer and stroke.
Hormone Therapy Risks May Vary by Weight, Other Factors
For a woman contemplating taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), the increase in breast cancer risk she faces may depend on her individual body type, race and ethnicity, according to new U.S. research.