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  • 1 - Epidemiology of cancer in women during reproductive life

  • from SECTION 1 - Epidemiology, Genetics and Basic Principles of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy
  • Edited by Sean Kehoe, Eric Jauniaux, Pierre Martin-Hirsch, Philip Savage
  • Book:
    Cancer and Reproductive Health
    Published online:
    05 October 2014
    Print publication:
    01 November 2008, pp 3-12

  • Summary

    While malignancies in women of reproductive age are relatively uncommon, they are, after accidents, the most common cause of death in women aged 20-39 in the USA. Malignant melanoma was the most frequently diagnosed cancer occurring in pregnancy, followed by cervical cancer and breast cancer, reflecting the high melanoma risk in the fair-skinned Swedish population. The incidence of melanoma increases steadily from the age of 20 years and thus is a relatively common cancer in women during their reproductive years and is more common than breast cancer in the under-30s. Thyroid cancer is 2.5 times more common in women than men and the incidence varies between different populations owing to genetic and environmental factors. Gestation trophoblastic neoplasia is a malignancy intimately related to pregnancy. Improved data could be obtained by the central population-based registries formally collecting data on cancer during pregnancy.