THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION OF BREAST CANCER PATIENTS

Abstract

Actuality. In the conditions of modern development of medicine constantly there is an improvement of existing and emergence of  new methods of treatment of oncological diseases. The use of high- tech methods of medical care for the treatment of cancer allows to  increase the survival rates in the detection and subsequent  treatment of malignant neoplasms. This circumstance causes the  appearance of patients with cancer desire not only to cure this  underlying disease, but also to preserve the quality of life that  preceded it. Often, patients of reproductive age wish to realize their  reproductive function. The article analyzes the possibilities of the  medical organization, when detecting breast cancer in a patient of  childbearing age, to use methods of treatment aimed at the implementation of the patient’s reproductive rights.

Purpose of research. To perform the law on the protection of  public health, which provides patient before the start of anticancer  therapy kryokonservierung oocyte.

Results. It is noted that such opportunities are limited by the current legislation that does not grant the right to persons with such  cancer at the expense of the budget to use the methods of assisted  reproduction and cryopreservation technologies to maintain their  reproductive potential. The article substantiates the need to  consolidate the possibility for women of childbearing age who have  breast cancer and want to realize their reproductive function after  treatment before chemo - and radiation therapy to receive and  cryopreservate with the subsequent storage of oocytes, embryos or ovarian tissue at the expense of the budget.