Hodgkin’s disease and pregnancy: case series and proposal for treatment protocol

Abstract

The peak frequency of Hodgkin’s disease convergesmatches withwomen of reproductive fertility age. Currently, this disease is thefourth more diagnosed neoplasia during pregnancy. In addition, thereis no consensus in the literature on how to treat pregnant womenbecause of the risks of chemotherapy for mothers and for fetuses.We report three cases of pregnant women with Hodgkin’s disease.A review of the literature was made aiming to suggest a protocol totreat these patients.

Keywords

• Hodgkin disease/drug therapy
• Pregnancy complications
• neoplastic/drug therapy
• Case reports