Table 2

Incidence of amenorrhea


6FEC 100
3FEC/3D

Amenorrhea at the end of chemotherapy
78 (93 %)
65 (92.8 %)
Clinically reversible amenorrhea (n = 154)


     Total population**
20/84 (23.7 %)
25/70 (35.5 %)
     Patients < 40 years (39)
13/18 (72 %)
15/21 (71.4 %)
     Patients ≥ 40 years (115)**
7/66 (10.5 %)
10/49 (20.5 %)
Recovery of premenopausal hormone values *


     Total population (n = 101)**
18/59 (29 %)
18/42 (42 %)
     Patients < 40 years (31)
11/15 (73.3 %)
12/16 (75 %)
     Patients ≥ 40 years (70)**
6/42 (14 %)
6/28 (21.4 %)
Clinically reversible amenorrhea. No hormone values available (n = 53)


     Patients < 40 years (8)
2/3 (66 %)
3/5 (60 %)
     Patients ≥ 40 years (45)**
1/24 (4 %)
4/21 (19 %)

*within a year after the end of chemotherapy

** p < 0.05, chi-square

Berliere et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:56   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-56