Biology, staging, and treatment of breast cancer during pregnancy: reassessing the evidences

Fedro Alessandro Peccatori; Matteo Lambertini; Giovanna Scarfone; Lino Del Pup; Giovanni Codacci-Pisanelli

doi:10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2017.0146

Cancer Biology & Medicine (Mar 2018)

Biology, staging, and treatment of breast cancer during pregnancy: reassessing the evidences

Fedro Alessandro Peccatori,
Matteo Lambertini,
Giovanna Scarfone,
Lino Del Pup,
Giovanni Codacci-Pisanelli

Affiliations

Fedro Alessandro Peccatori: Gynecologic Oncology Department, European Institute of Oncology, Milan 20141, Italy;
Matteo Lambertini: Department of Medicine, Institut Jules Bordet and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels 100, Belgium;
Giovanna Scarfone: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Mangiagalli, Milan 20121, Italy;
Lino Del Pup: Gynecologic Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute, Aviano 3301, Italy;
Giovanni Codacci-Pisanelli: Department of Medical and Surgical Science and Biotechnology, University “la Sapienza”, Rome 00185, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2017.0146
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 6 – 13

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Breast cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed malignancies during pregnancy. Here, we review the management of women with breast cancer during pregnancy (BCP), focusing on biology, diagnosis and staging, local and systemic treatments, obstetric care and long-term follow-up of children with prenatal exposure to anticancer treatments.

Published in Cancer Biology & Medicine

ISSN: 2095-3941 (Print)
Publisher: China Anti-Cancer Association
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: https://www.cancerbiomed.org/

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