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Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Pregnancy

Author(s) -

Syed Ali Imran,

Murali Rajaraman

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of thyroid research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2090-8067

pISSN - 2042-0072

DOI - 10.4061/2011/549609

Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , pregnancy , malignancy , multidisciplinary team , cancer , thyroid , multidisciplinary approach , obstetrics , intensive care medicine , gynecology , general surgery , pathology , nursing , social science , genetics , sociology , biology

In young women, differentiated thyroid cancer is the second most common malignancy diagnosed around the time of pregnancy. Management of thyroid cancer during pregnancy poses distinct challenges due to concerns regarding maternal and fetal well-being. In most cases surgery can be safely delayed until after delivery and with adequate management and outcome of pregnancy in women with thyroid cancer is excellent. Ideally these patients should be managed by a multidisciplinary team, and management plan should be determined by a consensus between the patient and the healthcare team

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