tailieunhanh - Lung cancer during pregnancy: A narrative review

Lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in males for decades, has recently become one of commonest causes for women too. As women delay the start of their family, the co-existence of cancer and pregnancy is increasingly observed. Nevertheless, lung cancer during pregnancy remains a rather uncommon condition with less than 70 cases published in recent years. Non-small cell lung carcinoma is the commonest type accounting for about 85% of all cases. Overall survival rates are low. Chemotherapy and/or targeted treatment have been used with poor outcomes. The disease has been also found to affect the products of conception with no short- or long-term consequences for the neonate. This article is referring to a narrative review of lung cancers diagnosed in pregnant women around the world. | Journal of Advanced Research 2016 7 571-574 Cairo University Journal of Advanced Research REVIEW Lung cancer during pregnancy A narrative review CrossMark Sotirios Mitroua Dimitrios Petrakisb George Fotopoulosb George Zarkavelisb Nicholas Pavlidis aRea Maternity Hospital A. Sygrou Avenue 383 P. Faliro Athens Greece b Department of Medical Oncology Medical School University of Ioannina Ioannina Greece GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history Received 2 October 2015 Received in revised form 16 December 2015 Accepted 17 December 2015 Available online 21 December 2015 Lung cancer the leading cause of cancer deaths in males for decades has recently become one of commonest causes for women too. As women delay the start of their family the co-existence of cancer and pregnancy is increasingly observed. Nevertheless lung cancer during pregnancy remains a rather uncommon condition with less than 70 cases published in recent years. Non-small cell lung carcinoma is the commonest type accounting for about 85 of all cases. Overall survival rates are low. Chemotherapy and or targeted treatment have been used with Corresponding author. Tel. fax 30 26510 99394. E-mail address npavlid@ N. Pavlidis . Peer review under responsibility of Cairo University. Production and hosting by Elsevier http 2090-1232 2016 Production and hosting by Elsevier . on behalf of Cairo University. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license http licenses by-nc-nd . 572 S. Mitrou et al. Keywords Lung cancer Pregnancy Treatment Prognosis Fetal metastasis Placental metastasis poor outcomes. The disease has been also found to affect the products of conception with no short- or long-term consequences for the neonate. This article is referring to a narrative review of lung cancers diagnosed in pregnant women around the world. 2016 Production and hosting by Elsevier . on behalf of Cairo University. This is an