Becoming a mother after breast cancer does not harm chance of surviving illness, study finds

‘It provides reassurance for the growing number of women who want to start or complete their families after breast cancer treatment,’ says professor

Data shows the age at which women are choosing to have children has risen in recent years which means more breast cancer patients will not have had kids when they get diagnosed, researchers noted (NCI\Georgetown Lombardi CCC, NIH)

Giving birth to a child after having breast cancer has no detrimental effect on the woman’s prospects of surviving the illness, according to a new study.

The report, carried out by the Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, found out the likelihood of overcoming breast cancer is also no worse in younger women or those who had never been pregnant before.

While a woman goes through pregnancy, the amount of estrogen and progesterone hormones in the body increase.