Well-differentiated thyroid cancer disclosed during pregnancy. Management experience

Abstract

Thyroid cancer have the second place as malignancy detectable during pregnancy. Disclose of thyroid cancer during pregnancy raises many questions among endocrinologists, oncologists and obstetricians. Our aim was to analyze the results of delayed treatment in 15 women with differentiated thyroid cancer diagnosed during pregnancy. Our experience shows that in absence of progression of locally advanced differentiated thyroid cancer during pregnancy the observation tactics with deferred surgical treatment after delivery is reasonable, which is not worsening early and late results of delayed treatment.

Keywords

• well-differentiated thyroid cancer
• pregnancy
• surgical treatment