Supporting some previously published evidence and contrary to some previous beliefs, women with estrogen positive (ER+) breast cancer can get pregnant without the risk that doing so will raise the risk of recurrence.
Estrogen positive breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed breast cancer, accounting for about four in every five diagnoses.
Previously, women had been warned that the risk of having their breast cancer return was higher if they got pregnant within the first two years after receiving treatment. The understanding was that pregnancy will raise the levels of estrogen in the body and trigger certain proteins in the body, thereby encouraging the cancer to recur.
However, a new study presented at the Eighth Annual European Breast Cancer Conference in Vienna by researchers from Brussels demonstrates that the two year time frame has little merit.
Some health department officials from several countries expressed satisfaction with the research, but still encouraged all women in similar positions to first discuss this with their doctor.
Source: ECCO
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