Breast cancer in pregnant women: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-207

  Jakubik, Jarosław ^a   Gottwald, Leszek ^a,b   Kukulska, Monika ^a   Góra, Ewa ^a   Korczyński, Jerzy ^a   Bieńkiewicz, Andrzej ^a   Pasz Walczak, Grazyna ^a   Pluta, Piotr ^a   Ciałkowska Rysz, Aleksandra ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Pregnancy; Prognosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DUCT; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPARA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 48249123392     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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