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New Insights Into Breast Cancer Treatment During Pregnancy
New Insights Into Breast Cancer Treatment During Pregnancy
B Jancin
20101114
2010 Dec 14
Elsevier Global Medical News
New Insights Into Breast Cancer Treatment During Pregnancy
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Dec 14, B Jancin
SAN ANTONIO (EGMN) - Early maternal and infant outcomes in a large German registry of women diagnosed with breast cancer during pregnancy argue in favor of treating breast cancer while continuing the pregnancy rather than resorting to early delivery by cesarean section in order to begin chemotherapy after the baby is born, according to Dr. Sibylle Loibl. "Patients should be treated as closely as possible to standard recommendations for nonpregnant women," declared Dr. Loibl of University Women's...