More than five percent of new cancer cases occur in women of prepubescent and childbearing age. Which of the current cancer treatments specifically influence fertility? Are prepubescent women less vulnerable to the damaging effects of therapy? Dr. Clarisa Gracia, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, joins host Dr. Lisa Mazzullo to review methods to reduce and monitor the impact of chemotherapy or radiation on fertility.
Minimizing Cancer’s Impact on Fertility

Breast cancer - those are 2 words your patients do not want to hear and news that you do not want to deliver. Unfortunately, for 1 in 8 American women, it is a truth they will have to face in their lifetime and the risks are clear. Besides being female, the two major risk factors for developing breast cancer are advancing age and family history. In fact about 80% of women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer are age 50 and older, and while family history of the disease is an important risk factor
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More than five percent of new cancer cases occur in women of prepubescent and childbearing age. Which of the current cancer treatments specifically influence fertility? Are prepubescent women less vulnerable to the damaging effects of therapy? Dr. Clarisa Gracia, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, joins host Dr. Lisa Mazzullo to review methods to reduce and monitor the impact of chemotherapy or radiation on fertility.
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