SPECIAL PROBLEMS - BREAST-CANCER AND PREGNANCY

Authors
Citation
Jv. Fiorica, SPECIAL PROBLEMS - BREAST-CANCER AND PREGNANCY, Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America, 21(4), 1994, pp. 721-732
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
ISSN journal
08898545
Volume
21
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
721 - 732
Database
ISI
SICI code
0889-8545(1994)21:4<721:SP-BAP>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Pregnancy-complicated carcinoma of the breast occurs in 3% of patients with breast cancer. Breast cancer associated with pregnancy occurs in 3 of every 10,000 pregnancies. This article provides the background i nformation to allow the treating physician to consider the patient's w ishes and arrive at a reasonable, appropriate, and effective treatment and follow-up plan.