Stating that the number of patients diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age is gradually increasing, Gynecology, Obstetrics and IVF Specialist Assoc. Dr. Meryem Kurek Eken, “Breast cancer patients have a very high chance of becoming a mother with embryo freezing with in vitro fertilization treatment or egg freezing in single patients.” said.
Routine screening program is not performed for breast cancers seen at a young age, and in the presence of a palpable mass in the chest in young patients, since benign structures are considered in the foreground before cancer, mostly advanced stage diagnosis can be made. Expressing that breast cancer in young patients has an aggressive course due to its structure, Eken said, “The treatment regimens applied in young patients damage the ovarian reserves and reduce the rate of having children after breast cancer treatment. " said.
Assoc.Prof.Meryem Kurek Eken said, “The most common type of cancer in women is breast cancer. 1 percent of these patients are under the age of 30; 6.6 percent of them are diagnosed under the age of 40. Preservation of fertility is very important in this young population, as cancers are increasingly seen at younger ages and breast cancer is the most common cancer seen in women. In recent studies, 50 percent of breast cancer cases want to have children in the future. Because; Young patients diagnosed with breast cancer should be referred to a reproductive health and infertility center without delay. In these patients, immediately after the diagnosis, embryos or, if the patient is not married, the eggs should be stored by freezing, by stimulating the ovaries with in vitro fertilization treatment, and as a result, obtaining the maximum number of eggs. said.