Pausing breast cancer treatment for pregnancy appears safe, study finds

Young women diagnosed with breast cancer often must delay pregnancy for years while they take hormone-blocking pills.A reassuring new study finds they can take a two-year break from these drugs to get pregnant without raising their short-term risk of cancer coming back.“This is really good news for young women and their doctors and their families,” said Dr. Ann Partridge of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, who led the study. Results were being discussed Thursday at the San Ant