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Publicado 2025
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Background: Fertility loss due to chemotherapy is a major concern for young patients with breast cancer (BC), influencing treatment decisions and quality of life. Despite established guidelines recommending fertility counseling, access to fertility preservation remains limited in Latin America. Objectives: This study evaluated attitudes and preferences regarding fertility-related concerns and chemotherapy decision-making among young Latin American women with early-stage BC. Design: A prospective cohort study was conducted at seven institutions in Brazil, Mexico, and Peru. Methods: Premenopausal women aged 18–40years with stage I–III BC requiring (neo) adjuvant chemotherapy completed a fertility questionnaire before treatment, along with validated quality-of-life assessments (EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-BR23). One year after chemotherapy initiation, the patients were reassessed for ov...
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“Introduction: A high prevalence of advanced breast cancer (BC) is a common scenario in Latin America. In Peru, the frequency of BC at Stages III/IV is ≈50% despite implementation of a programme for breast cancer screening (BCS) along the country. We carried out a study to assess the feasibility and develop an instrument to evaluate the knowledge, barriers and perception about BCS in a nationwide pilot study in Peru among candidates for BCS. Methods: We conducted a systematic review of 2,558 reports indexed in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Medline-Ovid and EMBASE, regarding to our study theme. In total, 111 were selected and a 51-items survey was developed (eight items about sociodemographic characteristics). Patients were recruited in public hospitals or private clinics, in rural and urban areas of nine departments of Peru. Results: We surveyed 488 women from: Lima (150), Cajamarc...
