Preserving Fertility in Breast Cancer Patients After Chemotherapy

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Conference|San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS)

This video highlights four abstracts from SABCS on preserving fertility in premenopausal breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy.

In this video, Kathryn J. Ruddy, MD, MPH, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, discusses four abstracts on preserving fertility in premenopausal breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy.

Ruddy was a discussant for a spotlight session on this topic at the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), held December 5–9 in San Antonio, Texas.

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