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Postpartum breast cancer: mechanisms underlying its worse prognosis, treatment implications, and fertility preservation

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  • Hanne Lefrère Department of Oncology, KU Leuven University Hospitals Leuven Gasthuisberg Campus, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium Department of Gynecology, AVL NKI, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Liesbeth Lenaerts Department of Oncology, KU Leuven University Hospitals Leuven Gasthuisberg Campus, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Virginia F Borges Department of Medicine, University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA Young Women’s Breast Cancer Translational Program, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Pepper Schedin Young Women’s Breast Cancer Translational Program, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Patrick Neven Department of Oncology, KU Leuven University Hospitals Leuven Gasthuisberg Campus, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven UZ Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium Multidisciplinary Breast Centre, UZ-KU Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven UZ Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Frédéric Amant Department of Oncology, KU Leuven University Hospitals Leuven Gasthuisberg Campus, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium Department of Gynecology, AVL NKI, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven UZ Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium Department of Gynecological Oncology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Frédéric Amant, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven University Hospitals Leuven Gasthuisberg Campus, 3000 Leuven, Flanders, Belgium; frederic.amant{at}uz.kuleuven.ac.be
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Lefrère H, Lenaerts L, Borges VF, et al
Postpartum breast cancer: mechanisms underlying its worse prognosis, treatment implications, and fertility preservation
International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer 2021;31:412-422.

Publication history

  • Received September 23, 2020
  • Accepted December 7, 2020
  • First published March 1, 2021.
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January 08, 2022

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