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- Caring for the Female Cancer Patient - Gynecologic Considerations
- Caring for the Female Cancer Patient - Gynecologic Considerations
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Fertility Assessment and Fertility Preservation Options
- Chapter 2 Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
- Chapter 3 Hereditary Gynecologic Cancer Predisposition Syndromes
- Chapter 4 Managing Sexual Health Through Treatment and Survivorship
- Chapter 5 Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
- Chapter 6 Hormone Therapy and Contraception Management
- Chapter 7 Cervical Cancer Screening
- Chapter 8 Vulvar Lesions and Eruptions
- Chapter 9 Nonpregnant and False-Positive Causes of β-hCG Elevation
- Chapter 10 Cancer and Pregnancy
- Chapter 11 Survivorship Care of Gynecologic Cancer
- Chapter 12 Anal and Colorectal Cancer
- Chapter 13 Bladder Cancer
- Chapter 14 Breast Cancer
- Chapter 15 Cervical Cancer
- Chapter 16 Endometrial Cancer
- Chapter 17 Head and Neck Cancer
- Chapter 18 Leukemia: Acute and Chronic
- Chapter 19 Lung Cancer
- Chapter 20 Pelvic Mass and Ovarian Cancer
- Chapter 21 Thyroid Cancer
- Chapter 22 Vulvar Melanoma
- Index
- References
Chapter 10 - Cancer and Pregnancy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 October 2024
- Caring for the Female Cancer Patient - Gynecologic Considerations
- Caring for the Female Cancer Patient - Gynecologic Considerations
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Fertility Assessment and Fertility Preservation Options
- Chapter 2 Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
- Chapter 3 Hereditary Gynecologic Cancer Predisposition Syndromes
- Chapter 4 Managing Sexual Health Through Treatment and Survivorship
- Chapter 5 Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
- Chapter 6 Hormone Therapy and Contraception Management
- Chapter 7 Cervical Cancer Screening
- Chapter 8 Vulvar Lesions and Eruptions
- Chapter 9 Nonpregnant and False-Positive Causes of β-hCG Elevation
- Chapter 10 Cancer and Pregnancy
- Chapter 11 Survivorship Care of Gynecologic Cancer
- Chapter 12 Anal and Colorectal Cancer
- Chapter 13 Bladder Cancer
- Chapter 14 Breast Cancer
- Chapter 15 Cervical Cancer
- Chapter 16 Endometrial Cancer
- Chapter 17 Head and Neck Cancer
- Chapter 18 Leukemia: Acute and Chronic
- Chapter 19 Lung Cancer
- Chapter 20 Pelvic Mass and Ovarian Cancer
- Chapter 21 Thyroid Cancer
- Chapter 22 Vulvar Melanoma
- Index
- References
Summary
The incidence of cancer during gestation has risen due to multiple factors such as advanced maternal age and improvement in cancer treatment, which has resulted in longer life span and a rising number of survivors who will then become pregnant. Whether a woman is diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy or becomes pregnant after surviving the disease, navigating treatment for both the mother and the fetus can seem daunting for patients as well as their care providers, as there is a higher risk of morbidity for these patients. This chapter aims to describe safe diagnostic and therapeutic options during pregnancy and includes special considerations regarding survivors’ treatment. Breast cancer, lymphoma, leukemia and cervical cancer are the focus of the chapter and obstetric management of patients with these malignancies is addressed, including antenatal care, delivery considerations and breastfeeding.
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- Caring for the Female Cancer PatientGynecologic Considerations, pp. 147 - 178Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024