Breast cancer fertility fears

BREAST cancer sufferers are often reluctant to undergo chemotherapy because they fear it will affect their chances of having children, according to the support group Europa Donna Ireland.

Yesterday it launched a booklet to advise women with breast cancer what implications the illness will have on their fertility and reproductive system.

“In 2004, there was 94 women under the age of 40 diagnosed with breast cancer. That rose to 156 in 2005,” said chairwoman of Europa Donna, Christine Murphy Whyte.