A Complex Problem
"......The two most challenging groups of patients with whom to discuss
fertility preservation are probably the patients whose tumors are
ER-positive, as the induction of amenorrhea has been associated with
better breast cancer–related outcomes, and patients with a genetic
predisposition to ovarian cancer, such as women with mutations in BRCA1/BRCA2 or with Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer [HNPCC]) genes. In women with BRCA
mutations, removal of the ovaries has been strongly associated with
better breast cancer outcomes and prevention of ovarian cancer...........
An ovarian cancer blog which includes quality resource materials: education, research, social networking, genetics and (some) healthcare politics.
“Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted.”
Albert Einstein
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