title: [Digestive system cancers and pregnancy].
abstract: Digestive tract cancers are infrequent during pregnancy. Prognosis is usually dismal both because diagnosis is delayed as a result of symptoms being ascribed to the pregnancy and because saving both the mother and fetus is difficult. A review of the relevant literature, focused on colorectal and gastric cancers which are the most common forms, emphasizes the need for early diagnosis and for adjusting treatment to gestational age at diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie digestive, Hôpital Laënnec, Paris.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de la Fontaine
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frileux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Cugnenc
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Cancers digestifs et grossesse.