Cancer and pregnancy: An overview for obstetricians and gynecologists

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-14

  Salani, Ritu ^a   Billingsley, Caroline C ^a   Crafton, Sarah M ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer in pregnancy; chemotherapy; fertility preservation; radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN EPIDIDYMIS PROTEIN 4;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; COLPOSCOPY; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FETAL WELL BEING; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPHOMA; MELANOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OBSTETRICIAN; OVARY CANCER; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

CANCER IN PREGNANCY; CHEMOTHERAPY; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; RADIATION THERAPY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84897473027     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.12.002     Document Type: Review

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