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Most young women treated for breast cancer can have children, study shows - EurekAlert


New research by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators has encouraging news for young women who have survived breast cancer and want to have children. The study, which tracked nearly 200 young women treated for breast cancer, found that the majority of those who tried to conceive during a median of 11 years after treatment were able to become pregnant and give birth to a child.

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