Cancer during pregnancy : Twenty-two years of experience from a tertiary referral center

© 2024 The Authors. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology (NFOG)..

INTRODUCTION: Cancer complicating pregnancy is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition for both the mother and her child. The aim of the present study was to assess the outcomes for mothers and children after pregnancy complicated by malignancy and to investigate which parameters are important for their 1-year survival.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included 84 pregnant women diagnosed with malignant tumors during pregnancy from 2001 to 2022. The pregnancy course and outcome, as well as parameters that could influence the survival and condition of the mother and child were evaluated. Mothers and children were followed up for 1 year after delivery to assess their condition/complications and overall survival.

RESULTS: Most malignancies were gynecological (31%) or hematological (23.8%) and were diagnosed and surgically treated in the second trimester. Most children (69%) showed adequate growth and development throughout pregnancy but were delivered before term (53.6%) to allow mothers to receive therapy. Adjuvant therapy during pregnancy mostly caused a transitory deterioration of the child's condition, while surgery did not significantly impact the pregnancy course. Deliveries, on average, occurred during the 33.01 ± 6.16 gestational week (range: 20-40) and mostly by cesarean section (76.2%). For mothers, the pregnancy survival rate was 95.2% and survival after 1 year was 87.5%. However, 37.5% of women were still ill and required additional therapy 1 year postpartum. The pregnancy survival rate for children was 94%, whereas the 1-year survival rate was 76.2%. Most children had a favorable condition (alive, adequately growing and developing, and without complications) at birth (81%) as well as at the 1-year follow-up (63.7%). Regression analysis identified the following predictors of favorable 1-year maternal condition: applying therapy during pregnancy, no progression of the malignancy during pregnancy, and delivery at a later gestational week. Predictors of favorable 1-year condition of children were lower histopathological grade of malignancy, surgery as therapy for malignancy, obtaining higher birthweight, and delivery by cesarean section.

CONCLUSIONS: If the malignancy is not progressing, pregnancy should be continued as long as possible for the child to obtain adequate birthweight. Both surgery and chemotherapy were safe therapeutic choices, as most pregnancies continued successfully after therapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:103

Enthalten in:

Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica - 103(2024), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 716-728

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Milosevic, Branislav [VerfasserIn]
Likic Ladjevic, Ivana [VerfasserIn]
Dotlic, Jelena [VerfasserIn]
Beleslin, Aleksandra [VerfasserIn]
Mihaljevic, Olga [VerfasserIn]
Pilic, Igor [VerfasserIn]
Kesic, Vesna [VerfasserIn]
Gojnic, Miroslava [VerfasserIn]
Stefanovic, Aleksandar [VerfasserIn]
Stefanovic, Katarina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cancer
Follow‐up
Journal Article
Mother and child
Pregnancy
Pregnancy outcome

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Date Completed 05.04.2024

Date Revised 06.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/aogs.14756

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NLM367067641