Social Psychology Assignment Report

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Introduction
As a person who wants to be informed, I have always relied on media to bring me up to
speed. Even though the media is a secondary source, it remains accurate. The journalists are
trained professionals, and therefore, they will always try to make their news as precise as
possible. I am an ardent reader of The Toronto Star, which is popularly known as theStar.com
online. In general, the person in this article is to understand the kind of news I consume. As
someone who reads health and wellness stories, I always search for articles that are informative
and persuasive. Hence, in this case, I picked an article from the Star. Also, I used a scientific
piece to underscore some critical points raised in the press article. All in all, what is right in the
selected popular press article is that despite women with breast cancer finding it hard to
conceive, they can still bear children
Press article summary
There is an article; I picked from The Star recently. It is an inspiring story of a mother
who had a baby after breast cancer. Breast cancer is a significant killer disease among women,
especially in the developed world. It is interesting to note that after a battle with breast cancer, a
woman can continue with procreation. This article shows how a person can continue with child-
bearing after healing from cancer. Even though it is something tough, especially after losing the
natural shape of a breast, there is still hope that a breast cancer warrior can have a child.
The article titled “I’m having a baby 10 years after breast cancer” was written as told by the
cancer survivor. It was published in October 2019 and today, I still read it. This is an informative
article, which does not get stale. There are many breast cancer patients, who are wondering if
they can have children after this disease wreaks havoc on their body. In this story, the lady being
reported in the article suffered breast cancer at a tender age of 29 years. She had not married and

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got her only children, but was planning to get them when she gets married. However, after her
embryos were frozen, she thought it would be impossible to get a baby. Luckily, she was able to
get a baby naturally. This article then brings me into understanding how breast cancer can affect
one’s fertility. This breast cancer warrior received hormonal therapy, radiation and
chemotherapy in the effort to treat her.
Scientific article summary
The scientific article picked for this matter studied breast cancer and fertility. It
addresses a fundamental issue of pregnancy after breast cancer. The authors of the article are
from the Department of Reproductive Medicine, Mother and Child Hospital in New Delhi, India
and Dr Patil’s Fertility and Endoscopy Clinic in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The authors are
experts in fertility or reproduction, and therefore they have the authority to address the issue of
pregnancy after breast cancer. According to Mahajan, & Patil (2019), fertility is always affected
by chemotherapy since it ovarian reserves are compromised by chemotherapy. The authors add
that usually, a woman will need pregnancy after BC (PAFBC) treatment for her to have a healthy
or successful pregnancy. In essence, indeed, it is not easy to get a child after breast cancer due to
interfered fertility. The authors state that with advanced medicine, it is safe for women to
conceive after completing their treatment. This happens once fertility is preserved.
Breast cancer interferes with fertility.
As Lalancette (2019) notes in her reporting that before breast cancer treatment was
begun her embryos were frozen. Given that this is a woman who suffered from BC when she was
just 29 years old, it was possible that in her future life, she wanted a baby. The decision to take a
precautionary measure like freezing embryos was informed by the fact that this breast cancer was
going to render infertile if necessary action is not taken. Note that the BC survivor had to see an
OB-GYN with a specialty in high-risk pregnancies every year as continued with cancer