TAIPEI (Taiwan Information) — Breast most cancers is the commonest most cancers amongst ladies in Taiwan.
In line with the Ministry of Well being and Welfare, greater than 10,000 ladies endure from breast most cancers yearly in Taiwan. The Well being Promotion Company (HPA) sponsors publicly funded breast most cancers screening to facilitate early detection, which may result in a five-year survival price reaching greater than 90%.
Nevertheless, most cancers therapies akin to chemotherapy could have an effect on the fertility of younger sufferers. Tsai Wei-yi (蔡維誼), deputy director of the HPA Maternal and Youngster Well being Group mentioned present authorities infertility subsidies don’t embody egg freezing for breast most cancers sufferers, and added such subsidies ought to be made obtainable in keeping with worldwide practices, per UDN.
Tsai admitted that not all breast most cancers sufferers are appropriate candidates for egg freezing. Extra particulars of the subsidy program may be mentioned sooner or later as to who ought to qualify for this system.
Huang Min-chao (黃閔照), a doctor at Mackay Hospital Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, agreed that sufferers with terminal most cancers or these with comparatively low most cancers treatment charges might not be appropriate for inclusion within the egg freezing subsidy program. Nevertheless, Huang mentioned sufferers with early-stage breast most cancers detection akin to these below 40 years previous ought to take into account egg freezing if they’ve future fertility considerations.
Wu Cheng-hsuan (吳成玄), deputy director of Dianthus Medical Clinic Fertility Division, mentioned the apply of egg freezing has elevated amongst younger breast most cancers sufferers. Nevertheless, not all younger sufferers can afford the associated fee.
Wu mentioned he has seen many instances the place chemotherapy has led ovaries to fail and eggs have been rendered unusable. He hoped {that a} subsidy program would give younger ladies a greater probability to protect their fertility as they battle most cancers.
