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Breast Cancer
Research from R. Wijaya and co-authors in the area of breast cancer published
March 20th, 2008
"Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in pregnant women, occurring at a rate of about I in 3000 pregnancies. Unfortunately, this will sometimes occur during the first-trimester of pregnancy and this situation warrants discussion of management options with regard to the mother and child, especially with the current trend of deferring child bearing to a later age," investigators in Singapore, Singapore report. "Clinical Picture: We present a 34-year-old primigravida who had a breast lump prior to confirmation of her pregnancy and received her diagnosis of invasive breast cancer at 7 weeks' amenorrhoea. The oncologic management options of this pregnant patient with...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-03-20)
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