Breast cancer and ovulation induction

Fatma Devran Bıldırcın; Ayşe Özdemir; Pervin Karlı; Mehmet Bilge Çetinkaya

doi:10.28982/josam.605570

Authors

Fatma Devran Bıldırcın https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2952-4209
Ayşe Özdemir https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-4794
Pervin Karlı https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4907-5890
Mehmet Bilge Çetinkaya https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2766-6008

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.605570

Keywords:

Breast cancer, Ovulation induction, Infertility

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy of women at reproductive age. Nowadays, with increasing early diagnosis, survival rate is higher, which is why the number of patients wanting to get pregnant are on the rise. Fertility preservation, ovulation induction, the safety of these interventions and pregnancy results are discussed in this review.

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