Breast cancer in pregnancy: Recommendations of an international consensus meeting

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3158-3168

  Amant, Frédéric ^a   Deckers, Sarah ^b   Van Calsteren, Kristel ^b   Loibl, Sibylle ^c   Halaska, Michael ^d   Brepoels, Lieselot ^b   Beijnen, Jos ^e   Cardoso, Fatima ^f   Gentilini, Oreste ^g   Lagae, Lieven ^b   Mir, Olivier ^h   Neven, Patrick ^a   Ottevanger, Nelleke ⁱ   Pans, Steven ^b   Peccatori, Fedro ^g   Rouzier, Roman ^j   Senn, Hans Jörg ^k   Struikmans, Henk ^l   Christiaens, Marie Rose ^a   Cameron, David ^m   Du Bois, Andreas ⁿ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c German Breast Group   (Germany)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^g EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

ⁱ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^k Tumor Center ZeTuP   (Switzerland)

^l MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Biological; Breast; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Consensus; Guideline; Pregnancy; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ALIZAPRIDE; BETAMETHASONE; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; LAPATINIB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PACLITAXEL; TAMOXIFEN; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TRASTUZUMAB; VINBLASTINE; VINCA ALKALOID;

ANAPHYLAXIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISCHARGE; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CONSENSUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 78649634589     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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