Dana-farber Cancer Institute

Fertility Decisions as a Young Woman with Breast Cancer

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Synopsis

Maggie was faced with a number of difficult decisions when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 28. Some of the biggest decisions she faced centered around her ability to have children later in life, and whether treatment would affect her future fertility. Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, Maggie’s oncologist and founder/director of the Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer at the Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers at Dana-Farber, joins Maggie to discuss some of the important decisions young breast cancer patients face.