Cancer and pregnancy: the clinician's perspective.
Journal Article (Review)
Although uncommon, the incidence of cancer complicating pregnancy is increasing. Managing these pregnancies creates many diagnostic, therapeutic, and ethical dilemmas for the patient, her family, and the medical care team. Despite concerns for fetal well-being, maternal survival should be the first priority. Although surgery and chemotherapy may be used during pregnancy, radiation is generally contraindicated. For most nongynecologic cancers, termination of pregnancy does not improve maternal outcome. Iatrogenic prematurity is the most common pregnancy complication associated with malignancy in pregnancy because many of these infants are delivered early to facilitate maternal treatment. Overall, maternal cancer survival is generally good and does not differ from that of nonpregnant patients.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Dotters-Katz, S; McNeil, M; Limmer, J; Kuller, J
Published Date
- May 2014
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 69 / 5
Start / End Page
- 277 - 286
PubMed ID
- 25101693
Pubmed Central ID
- 25101693
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1533-9866
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1097/OGX.0000000000000068
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States