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Metastatic Involvement of Placenta and Foetus in Pregnant Women with Cancer

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Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 178))

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The coexistence of cancer with pregnancy is a rare event. The estimated frequency is around 1 case of cancer every 1,000 gestations. During the last decades and especially in developed countries the incidence is probably increasing because of delay of pregnancy into the late reproductive years [1, 2].

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Pavlidis, N., Pentheroudakis, G. (2008). Metastatic Involvement of Placenta and Foetus in Pregnant Women with Cancer. In: Cancer and Pregnancy. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 178. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71274-9_16

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