Abstract:Background: Chemotherapy can damage the ovaries and cause amenorrhea, a surrogate for infertility. Young women often wish to understand and minimize their risk of chemotherapy-related amenorrhea (CRA). However, the incidence of CRA with regimens that do not include either an anthracycline or cyclophosphamide is poorly studied. For patients with HER-2 positive disease, these anthracycline and cyclophosphamide-sparing regimens (e.g., docetaxel-carboplatin) are common (in combination with Her-2 directed therapy) … Show more
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