Incidence of chemotherapy-induced ovarian failure in premenopausal women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer

Tiong V 1 , Rozita AM , Taib NA , Yip CH , Ng CH

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  • 1 Department of Surgery, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, vune@hotmail.com
World J Surg, 2014 Sep;38(9):2288-96.
PMID: 24700093 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-014-2542-y

Abstract

Breast cancer is increasingly reported in young premenopausal women in Asia. Adjuvant chemotherapy improves survival; however, it has a unique consequence of ovarian failure in premenopausal patients.

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