RT Book, Section
A1 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1128356291
T1 NEOPLASIA DURING PREGNANCY
T2 Harrison's Hematology and Oncology, 2e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071814904
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1128356291
RD 2024/04/25
AB Cancer  develops  during  ~1  in  every  1000  pregnancies.  Of  all  the  cancers  that  occur  in  women,  fewer  than  1%  occur  in  pregnant  women.  The  four  cancers  most  commonly  developing  during  pregnancy  are  cervical  cancer,  breast  cancer,  melanoma,  and  lymphomas  (particularly  Hodgkin's  lymphoma);  however,  virtually  every  form  of  cancer  has  been  reported  in  pregnant  women  (Table  31-1).  In  addition  to  cancers  developing  in  other  organs  of  the  mother,  gestational  trophoblastic  tumors  can  arise  from  the  placenta.  The  problem  of  cancer  in  a  pregnant  woman  is  complex.  One  must  take  into  account  the  possible  influence  of  the  pregnancy  on  the  natural  history  of  the  cancer,  the  effects  of  the  diagnostic  and  staging  procedures,  and  the  treatments  of  the  cancer  on  both  the  mother  and  the  developing  fetus.  These  issues  may  lead  to  dilemmas:  what  is  best  for  the  mother  may  be  harmful  to  the  fetus,  and  what  is  best  for  the  fetus  may  be  harmful  to  the  mother.