Leukemia

Termination of pregnancy may not be necessary when treating leukemia

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 9th, 2005

Termination of pregnancy may not be required when treating leukemia with chemotherapy.

Acute leukemia (AL) requiring cytotoxic treatment occurring during pregnancy poses a very difficult therapeutic dilemma.

French investigators mailed a questionnaire, to 37 patients with a diagnosis of AL during pregnancy. Data was collected from 13 French centers between December 1988 and November 2003. "[Out of the], 31 patients had acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and 6 patients had acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)," reported investigators.

"In this study," continued Y. Chelghoum and colleagues, Hopital Edouard Herriot in Lyon, France, "9...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-08-09)

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