Advances in the Treatment of Breast Cancer-Emphasis on fertility preservation-A Case Report

Abstract

With the recent advances in breast cancer treatment the 5 year survival rates have increased significantly with overall 20yrs survival in developed countries like USA. With further improvement being designed in the treatment of breast cancers with more and more sophisticated models to study breast cancer in human beings using the modern microfluidic models one expects more and younger breast cancer survivors to be needing fertility treatments. Here we review the modern advances in breast cancer treatments and the need for emphasizing on fertility preservation before starting any chemotherapeutic or other management as recommended by both ASO and ASRM. We further discuss the methods of fertility preservation in such young breast cancer patients or models without affecting there 5 years survivals we further report a case of HER2 positive breast cancer patient receiving multiple chemotherapeutic agents followed by radiotherapy where such treatment was not even discussed in a patient of primary infertility before starting treatment like chemotherapy and radiotherapy even in a developing country where cryopreservation of embryos or oocytes was possible just before the treatment if not preserving the ovarian tissue .Abstract