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Breast Cancer During Pregnancy

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Abstract

Ten to 20% of the 178,700 new cases of breast cancer occurring yearly (1998 estimates) are found in women of childbearing age (1). The issue of pregnancy-associated breast cancer is very important, particularly as more women delay childbearing for personal or professional reasons. The delay in childbearing to the 30s or 40s occurs concordantly with an increasing incidence of breast cancer in those ages. Pregnancy-associated breast cancer has been traditionally defined as the diagnosis of breast cancer made during pregnancy or within 1 year afterward. It is estimated to have an incidence of 0.2–3.8% (2) and is reported to occur in 1/10,000–1/3000 pregnancies (3,4).

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    Michael H. Torosian MD

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Gemignani, M.L., Petrek, J.A. (2002). Breast Cancer During Pregnancy. In: Torosian, M.H. (eds) Breast Cancer. Current Clinical Oncology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-161-9_16

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