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Pregnancy-associated breast cancer: optimal treatment options
Cancer is diagnosed approximately once per 1,000 pregnancies; most commonly due to the reproductive age of the women, these include breast, cervical, melanoma, thyroid, and Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnoses. As a single diagnosis, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed during pregnancy. Cancer...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4226455/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25395871 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S52381 |
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description | Cancer is diagnosed approximately once per 1,000 pregnancies; most commonly due to the reproductive age of the women, these include breast, cervical, melanoma, thyroid, and Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnoses. As a single diagnosis, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed during pregnancy. Cancer is expected to complicate pregnancy more often due to the trend for women to delay child bearing to later maternal ages. Delayed first birth is itself a risk factor for breast cancer. Termination of pregnancy has not been shown to afford a survival benefit. While protecting the interests of mother and unborn fetus, breast cancer can be safely diagnosed, staged, and treated during pregnancy with good outcomes for both. Some modification of the protocols used for nonpregnant women with suspicious palpable breast masses is required. This article reviews the challenges for physicians in making the diagnosis of breast cancer during pregnancy and upon diagnosis, counseling patients about treatment options. The consequences of diagnostic investigations and cancer treatment for the exposed fetus are also addressed. |
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spelling | pubmed-42264552014-11-13 Pregnancy-associated breast cancer: optimal treatment options Cardonick, Elyce Int J Womens Health Review Cancer is diagnosed approximately once per 1,000 pregnancies; most commonly due to the reproductive age of the women, these include breast, cervical, melanoma, thyroid, and Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnoses. As a single diagnosis, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed during pregnancy. Cancer is expected to complicate pregnancy more often due to the trend for women to delay child bearing to later maternal ages. Delayed first birth is itself a risk factor for breast cancer. Termination of pregnancy has not been shown to afford a survival benefit. While protecting the interests of mother and unborn fetus, breast cancer can be safely diagnosed, staged, and treated during pregnancy with good outcomes for both. Some modification of the protocols used for nonpregnant women with suspicious palpable breast masses is required. This article reviews the challenges for physicians in making the diagnosis of breast cancer during pregnancy and upon diagnosis, counseling patients about treatment options. The consequences of diagnostic investigations and cancer treatment for the exposed fetus are also addressed. Dove Medical Press 2014-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4226455/ /pubmed/25395871 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S52381 Text en © 2014 Cardonick. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Review Cardonick, Elyce Pregnancy-associated breast cancer: optimal treatment options |
title | Pregnancy-associated breast cancer: optimal treatment options |
title_full | Pregnancy-associated breast cancer: optimal treatment options |
title_fullStr | Pregnancy-associated breast cancer: optimal treatment options |
title_full_unstemmed | Pregnancy-associated breast cancer: optimal treatment options |
title_short | Pregnancy-associated breast cancer: optimal treatment options |
title_sort | pregnancy-associated breast cancer: optimal treatment options |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4226455/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25395871 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S52381 |
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