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- Title
Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge.
- Authors
Galati, Francesca; Magri, Valentina; Arias-Cadena, Paula Andrea; Moffa, Giuliana; Rizzo, Veronica; Pasculli, Marcella; Botticelli, Andrea; Pediconi, Federica
- Abstract
Pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) is commonly defined as a breast cancer occurring during pregnancy, throughout 1 year postpartum, or during lactation. Despite being a rare circumstance, PABC is one of the most common types of malignancies occurring during pregnancy and lactation, with growing incidence in developed countries, due both to decreasing age at onset of breast cancer and to increasing maternal age. Diagnosis and management of malignancy in the prenatal and postnatal settings are challenging for practitioners, as the structural and functional changes that the breast undergoes may be misleading for both the radiologist and the clinician. Furthermore, safety concerns for the mother and child, as well as psychological aspects in this unique and delicate condition, need to be constantly considered. In this comprehensive review, clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects of PABC (including surgery, chemotherapy and other systemic treatments, and radiotherapy) are presented and fully discussed, based on medical literature, current international clinical guidelines, and systematic practice.
- Subjects
BREAST cancer; CANCER chemotherapy; MATERNAL age; MEDICAL literature; AGE of onset
- Publication
Diagnostics (2075-4418), 2023, Vol 13, Issue 4, p604
- ISSN
2075-4418
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/diagnostics13040604