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Erschienen in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2/2012

01.08.2012 | Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Cancer during pregnancy: perinatal outcome after in utero exposure to chemotherapy

verfasst von: El-Said Abdel-Hady, Reda Abdel-Hady Hemida, Anas Gamal, Maha El-Zafarany, Eman Toson, Mohammed Attia El-Bayoumi

Erschienen in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Ausgabe 2/2012

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Abstract

Objectives

To study the outcome of pregnancies complicated by malignant disease, in particular neonatal morbidity and mortality after in utero exposure to chemotherapy.

Methods

This prospective study included 118 patients diagnosed with malignant disease for the first time during pregnancy over an 8-year period (March 2003–March 2011). Outcome of neonates born to mothers who received chemotherapy during pregnancy was studied and compared with a control group.

Results

The commonest cancer type diagnosed during pregnancy (56/118 = 47.45 %) was breast carcinoma followed by lymphoma/leukemia (32 = 27.12 %). Gynecological tumors (all ovarian) represented 10.16 %, soft tissue tumors 5.08 %, colorectal 4.23 %, thyroid 2.54 % and others 3.38 %.
Sixty-one (51.64 %) women received chemotherapy (average 3 ± 2 cycles) during the second and third trimesters. The incidence of neonatal survival, preterm birth, small for gestational age and congenital malformations was not significantly different between women who received chemotherapy during pregnancy and the control group. Five (4.23 %) women with advanced disease died during or shortly after termination of pregnancy.

Conclusion

In utero exposure to chemotherapy during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy carries minimal morbidity to the unborn fetus.
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Metadaten
Titel
Cancer during pregnancy: perinatal outcome after in utero exposure to chemotherapy
verfasst von
El-Said Abdel-Hady
Reda Abdel-Hady Hemida
Anas Gamal
Maha El-Zafarany
Eman Toson
Mohammed Attia El-Bayoumi
Publikationsdatum
01.08.2012
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Ausgabe 2/2012
Print ISSN: 0932-0067
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-0711
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-012-2287-5

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