Advances in the diagnosis and management of pregnancy associated breast cancer
- VernacularTitle:妊娠期乳腺癌的诊治进展
- Author:
Junjie LI
;
Zhimin SHAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
pregnancy;
breast cancer;
diagnosis;
treatment;
prognosis
- From:
China Oncology
2006;0(10):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Pregnancy associated breast cancer(PABC) is a special kind of breast cancer,it is difficult to diagnose at early stage since the mammary epithelial cells are actively proliferative.Whether pregnancy will affect the biological behavior of breast cancer and how the treatment strategy for the patients with PABC impact on the outcome in terms of side effects,response,etc,those factors have to be taken into special consideration.The standard management of PABC still remain controversial.This article summarized the studies on PABC and discusses the advances in the management of the disease.