Pregnancy after breast cancer in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers

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Abstract

Background: Often young women affected with BRCA1/2 positive breast cancer have not finished or even not started their childbearing before the onset of the disease. The aim of our mini-review is to summarize state of art knowledge on pregnancy after breast cancer in BRCA1/2 carriers. Methods: A broad review of the literature was conducted using MEDLINE (via PubMed) for relevant articles published. Main body of the abstract: This review summarizes the impact of different cytotoxic agents on a fertility, fertility preservation, maternal and fetal prognosis after pregnancy in breast cancer survivors with BRCA1/2. Conclusion: According to the existing literature evidence pregnancy after therapy for breast cancer in BRCA carriers is safe for the mother and offspring, but patients’ needs, oncofertility counseling and fertility-sparing strategy should be carefully planned before starting the cytotoxic treatment.
Original languageEnglish
Article number3
Pages (from-to)3
Number of pages7
JournalHereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jan 2022

Field of Science*

  • 3.1 Basic medicine
  • 3.2 Clinical medicine

Publication Type*

  • 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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