Successful pregnancy during combination chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease.
Hodgkin's disease commonly presents in young adults and can be cured or brought into prolonged remission by radiotherapy, chemotherapy or a combination of both. An increasing number of women are therefore liable to become pregnant during or following treatment for the disease. We describe a patient in whom pregnancy was successful in spite of treatment with chemotherapy during the latter half of the antenatal period.
D000328:Adult; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011344:Procarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
D011344:Procarbazine; D014750:Vincristine; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone