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Non-gynecologic cancers in pregnant women

Aleksandra Stupak, Anna Kwaśniewska

Affiliacja i adres do korespondencji
Curr Gynecol Oncol 2018, 16 (2), p. 126–136
DOI: 10.15557/CGO.2018.0016
Streszczenie

Cancer in pregnancy is defined as the diagnosis of a malignant tumor in the period between becoming pregnant and 12 months after delivery. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures must take into account the preservation of proper development and maximum protection of the fetus as well as effective therapy and maintenance of reproductive capacity in the mother. For these reasons, anticancer treatment in pregnant women should be conducted by experienced, multidisciplinary teams of specialists. Recently, a significant increase in the frequency of detection of tumors in pregnancy has been observed. Due to the non-specific nature of cancer symptoms, the diagnosis is made relatively late, even though diagnostic biopsies are not contraindicated during pregnancy. The most preferred treatment is surgery performed in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. Chemo- and radiotherapy are associated with a large number of contraindications and complications. The article presents the most frequently occurring non-gynecologic cancers in pregnancy such as melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, lung cancer, leukemia and others. The article ends with case reports of pregnant patients diagnosed with cancer hospitalized at the Department of Obstetrics and Pathology of Pregnancy and the Department of Hematooncology of the Medical University of Lublin, Poland.

Słowa kluczowe
neoplasms, tumors, pregnancy, diagnostic evaluation, treatment, prognosis