TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemotherapy during pregnancy
AU - Amant, Frédéric
AU - Han, Sileny N.
AU - Gziri, Mina M.
AU - Dekrem, Jana
AU - van Calsteren, Kristel
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Purpose of review Cancer during pregnancy is uncommon, although not rare. As women in developed societies defer childbearing and the incidence of most malignancies rises with increasing age, the situation in which cancer complicates pregnancy is expected to become more common. Cancer staging and treatment can be performed during pregnancy and should be defined in a multidisciplinary setting. Here, we describe the potential to use chemotherapy during pregnancy. Recent findings New insights add to the practice of administering chemotherapy from 14 weeks gestational age onwards. The placental barrier function protects the fetus. The physiologic gestational changes reduce the maternal serum levels of chemotherapy, although the pharmacodynamic impact remains unknown. Comedication to chemotherapy can be administered on strict indications. Chemotherapy after 35 weeks is not recommended as an interval of at least 3 weeks is preferred between chemotherapy administration and delivery. Recent data show that the long-term outcome of children antenatally exposed to chemotherapy is comparable to children of the same age. Nevertheless, a higher rate of neurodevelopmental problems was encountered after preterm birth, also in this selected patient population. Summary Administration of chemotherapy during pregnancy may decrease the need for early delivery, and thus prematurity
AB - Purpose of review Cancer during pregnancy is uncommon, although not rare. As women in developed societies defer childbearing and the incidence of most malignancies rises with increasing age, the situation in which cancer complicates pregnancy is expected to become more common. Cancer staging and treatment can be performed during pregnancy and should be defined in a multidisciplinary setting. Here, we describe the potential to use chemotherapy during pregnancy. Recent findings New insights add to the practice of administering chemotherapy from 14 weeks gestational age onwards. The placental barrier function protects the fetus. The physiologic gestational changes reduce the maternal serum levels of chemotherapy, although the pharmacodynamic impact remains unknown. Comedication to chemotherapy can be administered on strict indications. Chemotherapy after 35 weeks is not recommended as an interval of at least 3 weeks is preferred between chemotherapy administration and delivery. Recent data show that the long-term outcome of children antenatally exposed to chemotherapy is comparable to children of the same age. Nevertheless, a higher rate of neurodevelopmental problems was encountered after preterm birth, also in this selected patient population. Summary Administration of chemotherapy during pregnancy may decrease the need for early delivery, and thus prematurity
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1097/CCO.0b013e328354e754
DO - https://doi.org/10.1097/CCO.0b013e328354e754
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22581358
SN - 1040-8746
VL - 24
SP - 580
EP - 586
JO - Current opinion in oncology
JF - Current opinion in oncology
IS - 5
ER -