Cancer and Pregnancy

Why the topic of „Cancer and Pregnancy' is so important. Prenatal irradiation and pregnancy: The effects of diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy. Maternal and fetal effects of systemic therapy in the pregnant woman with cancer. Breast cancer during pregnancy: Epidemiology, surgical treatment and staging. Breast cancer during pregnancy: Medical therapy and prognosis. Subsequent pregnancy after breast cancer. Cervical and endometrial cancer during pregnancy. Ovarian cancers in pregnancy. Fertility after the treatment of gynecological tumors. Leukaemia and pregnancy. Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas during pregnancy. Pregnancy and thyroid cancer. Gastrointestinal, urologic and lung malignancies during pregnancy. Melanoma during pregnancy: Diagnosis, staging, clinical picture. Melanoma during pregnancy: Therapeutic management and outcome. Metastatic involvement of placenta and foetus in pregnant women with cancer. The obstetric care of the pregnant woman with cancer. Fertility issues and options in young women with cancer. Psychooncologic care in young women facing cancer and pregnancy. Counselling young cancer patients about reproductive issues. Psychosocial issues in young women facing cancer and pregnancy: The role of patients’ advocacy.