Childbearing and Survival After Breast Cancer.
Abstract
The incidence of breast cancer among women less than 45 years of age is increasing, and young women appear to have relatively poor survival. The prognosis may be even worse for women who are pregnant at diagnosis; however, the effect on survival of a pregnancy conceived after breast cancer is unknown. As the increase of breast cancer incidence among younger women coincides with a trend towards delayed childbearing, information regarding the association of subsequent pregnancy and survival is needed so that women with breast cancer and their physicians can make informed choices concerning family planning. We propose to determine whether women with breast cancer who subsequently bear children are less likely to survive than a matched comparison group of women with breast cancer who do not bear a child. We are in the process of linking cancer registry data in three US populations with birth certificate records. Women will be followed up through 1995 to determine survival.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA320276
Entities
People
- Beth A. Mueller
Organizations
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center