title: Review of current treatment options for pregnancy-associated breast cancer.
abstract: Breast cancer is the second most common cancer to occur during pregnancy. Breast cancers occurring during pregnancy or within 1 year postpartum is defined as pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC). As more women postpone child bearing until later in life, it is expected that PABC will become increasingly more common. This article will review the current literature on PABC with emphasis on the presentation, work-up, as well as treatment of these cancers.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Magee Womens Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. psukumvanich@mail.magee.edu
authors.forename: Paniti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sukumvanich
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D019398:Genes, BRCA1; D024522:Genes, BRCA2; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis