Dr Azim said: "Our findings clearly demonstrate that pregnancy is safe in women with history of successfully treated breast cancer. There is a wide perception in the oncology community that women with history of breast cancer should not get pregnant for fear of pregnancy increasing the risk of recurrence by means of hormonal stimulation. This meta-analysis strongly argues against this notion.
"Now we are refining the results by analysing subgroups to examine the effect of the timing of pregnancy – for instance how soon after a breast cancer diagnosis is it safe to become pregnant – and differences in survival according to the patient's age, lymph node status and so on.
"It is still common that patients are faced with incorrect counselling regarding pregnancy and the chances of future fertility following the end of breast cancer treatment and, thus, they are denied the chance of getting pregnant. Nowadays, there is a rising trend of delaying pregnancy to later in life and more young women are cured from breast cancer. So it is important to provide high level of evidence to help physicians in counselling these patients. This work may result in improving the quality of life of millions of young women who finish their adjuvant breast cancer therapy and want to get pregnant."
Dr Azim said there might be a number of explanations related to hormones or the immune system as to why pregnancy seemed to confer a protective effect on breast cancer survivors.
"It is well known that oestrogen is associated with breast cancer development. However, beyond a certain level, oestrogen exerts inhibitory effects on breast cancer cells. Laboratory experiments have shown that oestrogen and progesterone receptors located on 60-70% of breast tumours undergo apoptosis (programmed cell death) when exposed to high levels of oestrogen, which possibly mimics levels encountered during pregnancy. Furthermore, prolactin is elevated in pregnancy and there is evidence suggesting that women with high levels of prolactin have a reduced risk of breast cancer relapse." He added: "Nevertheless, hormonal changes during pregnancy are very complex, and the effect seen in this study could possibly be the result of the interaction of the different hormones rather than an action of a particular one by itself.
"Immunological theories could partially explain the possible protective value of pregnancy as well. It has been shown that foetal antigens* are expressed on the tumour cells of the mother. Thus, antibodies produced by the mother in response to these antigens, may act as a kind of tumour vaccination."
Dr Azim said that they had contacted all the authors of trials published after 1995 to get extra information on subgroups, and this would inform their further research.
He concluded: "Nowadays, fertility after cancer has become a top issue not only for patients, but also physicians. In 2006, the American Society of Clinical Oncology published guidelines that state that fertility issues should be discussed with patients before treatment – a recommendation we believe is of great importance."
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祈りで末期がんを克服した実例あり。
現代医学はなぜ意識による自然治癒を大衆に隠すのか？
５分だけ楽しいことを考えただけでも、ＮＫ細胞の大幅な活性化が認められた（150％から200％）。
だが、隠す。患者を抗がん剤（＝増がん剤・猛毒）漬けにして殺す。
これが医療ですかw
これが人間の偉大な生命力。自然回復、自然治癒の力。
それを一切教えず、ただ薬漬け、増がん剤漬けにして殺す。
まあ、無知な患者が何人死のうが別にいいが、少しは言葉・イメージ・意識・食事による自然回復力のことも啓蒙したらどうだね？ 美人女医さんよw
スピリチュアルの力で治ったというのはすばらしいです。一日のうち、いいことを5分すると免疫がアップする、笑うと免疫がアップするというのは本当のようですね。人間のしくみはわからないことばかりです。
自然には人間の目に見えないところに壮大なメカニズムや波や変化があって、人間が見ている現象はそうした森羅万象の一部に過ぎないはずです。もっと奥の深い意外な真実が隠されていることでしょう。
医師が病気を見る時も同じかもしれません。大変悩みます。その後どうなるのか、誰もが知りたいことがみえないことがあります。
ひとつの癌を克服して40年。さらにもう一つの癌を克服して10年。今は元気。再発もない。そのようなご老人がわたしに尋ねます。
「私はあと何年生きられますかね？」
わたしは答えます。
「。。。あと20年はだいじょうぶです。」
ご老人は笑います。
「せんせ。そんなわけないでしょう。もう86歳ですよ。」
わたしが何かを隠しているわけではありません。
いつまで生きれるか、わたしもさっぱり分からないからです。
分からないのはそればかりではありません。
なぜそのご老人がそんなに「元気」なのか、さっぱりわかりません。
きっと、いつも「人の悪口を言って」、「笑っている」からかもしれません。
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