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Pregnancy following treatment for malignancy
Author(s) -
Wallace Suzanne VF,
Swallow Gill A
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the obstetrician and gynaecologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1744-4667
pISSN - 1467-2561
DOI - 10.1111/tog.12294
Subject(s) - malignancy , pregnancy , medicine , cancer , childhood cancer , obstetrics , pediatrics , gynecology , biology , genetics
Key content Increasing numbers of women are surviving cancer in childhood or early adulthood. Treatments for malignancy can cause long‐term damage to a number of organs; this is frequently unappreciated by both patients and obstetricians. Pregnancy in women who have been exposed to treatments for cancer can be potentially problematic but most have a good outcome. A good understanding and initial assessment optimises the outcome for this group of women.Learning objectives To understand the implications of previous cancer treatments. To be able to plan management for this group of women in pregnancy.Ethical issues Should young survivors of malignancy be given improved information on the potential deleterious effects that their, often life‐saving, treatment has had on other body systems? Should all female survivors of malignancy be offered routine prepregnancy counselling?