Breast Cancer during Pregnancy.
- Author:
Ryung Ah LEE
1
;
Byung In MOON
;
Ok Young KIM
Author Information
1. Department of General Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Breast cancer;
Pregnancy
- MeSH:
Breast Neoplasms*;
Breast*;
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant;
Diagnosis;
Humans;
Mastectomy, Modified Radical;
Physical Examination;
Pregnancy*
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
1999;57(6):902-908
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The pregnancy-associated breast cancer is one of the most common malignacy developed during pregnant period and occupies 1-2% of the all breast cancer pateints. It is easy to miss appropriate diagnosis due to difficulty of physical examination of the breast and limitation of proper diagnostic modality. The pregnancy-associated breast cancer has been reported to portend an extremely poor outcome. But recent studies have found no difference in survival between general breast cancer and pregnancy-associated breast cancer. The treatment of choice is the modified radical mastectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy if needed. The authors report two patients of breast cancer diagnosed and treated during pregnancy with review of literature.
