Cancer in pregnancy: Motherisk on-line question and answer forum.
OBJECTIVE
It seems to me that cancer is occurring or being diagnosed more frequently among young women who are or might become pregnant. In the past year, I have seen several such women in my practice and I have had difficulty finding appropriate information in order to counsel them. Is there somewhere I can go for information about cancer during pregnancy so that I can better educate and inform these patients?


CONCLUSIONS
The Motherisk Program at the Hospital for Sick Children supports an on-line Cancer in Pregnancy Forum where physicians and other health care professionals can submit questions or details of experiences that they have had with patients who had cancer during pregnancy. Questions about the safety of chemotherapeutic drugs before and during pregnancy and about possible exacerbation of previous cancer by pregnancy are most common.
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D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002170:Canada; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D047109:Fetal Development / Q000187:drug effects; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000379:methods; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health