Lung Cancer in the Pregnant Woman: To Treat or Not to Treat, That Is the Question
Treating Lung Cancer in the Pregnant Woman
HA Azim Jr, FA Peccatori, N Pavlidis
Yes
20100201
2010 Mar 1
Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer in the Pregnant Woman: To Treat or Not to Treat, That Is the Question
Lung Cancer. 2010 Mar 1;67(3):251-256, HA Azim Jr, FA Peccatori, N Pavlidis
Abstract
Abstract
Lung cancer in pregnancy is a rare situation; however, it is increasingly reported in the past two decades. The association might be more encountered in the coming years due to the rising trends of cigarette smoking among young women and tendency to delay pregnancy to later in life.Weperformed a literature search without any date or language restriction and identified 44 cases diagnosed and/or treated for lung cancer during the course of pregnancy. Patients had poor post-partum outcome with less...