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Melanoma and pregnancy: a long‐term follow‐up
Author(s) -
McMANAMNY D. S.,
MOSS A. L. H.,
BRIGGS J. C.,
POCOCK P. V.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1989.tb06306.x
Subject(s) - melanoma , medicine , pregnancy , gestation , obstetrics , surgery , genetics , cancer research , biology
Summary Treatment of the pregnant woman with melanoma is contentious. With the aid of a computerized melanoma register, in which pregnancy data can be recorded, 290 women with melanoma were reviewed (249 alive and 41 dead). Overall, 23 patients were pregnant at ithe time of diagnosis of melanoma, and another 23 became pregnant at some time after primary treatment of a melanoma. Pregnancy appears to have no significant influence on the survival of patients with melanoma J but it is recommended that pregnancy should be avoided for the first three years following excision of a melanoma.