title: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with paclitaxel plus platinum for invasive cervical cancer in pregnancy: two case report and literature review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cervical cancer (including carcinoma in situ) is the most common malignancy during pregnancy. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) with paclitaxel plus cisplatin has been used in patients with cervical cancer successfully, but experience of its prenatal treatment is limited.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report two pregnant women with locally advanced cervical cancer. They were treated with cisplatin plus paclitaxel NACT until fetal pulmonary maturity was achieved, and then accepted cesarean section followed by radical hysterectomy. To minimize the chemo-resistant/radio-resistant tumor cell clones and increase the potencies of NACT, we modified the dose of the chemotherapeutic agents and the treatment interval using cisplatin (50 mg/m(2)) and paclitaxel (75 mg/m(2)) every 2 weeks. Evaluation for clinical response to chemotherapy displayed a partial and complete response, respectively. Both patients had not had any evidence of recurrence for 21 and 13 months. Their children did not have any evidence of malformations and showed normal development at 21 and 13 months of follow-up, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with paclitaxel plus cisplatin appears to be feasible and safe for pregnant patients with invasive cervical cancer and infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 107, West Yangjiang Road, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Li-Juan
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bing-Zhong
authors.initials: BZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yong-Pai
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Zhong-Qiu
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D002585:Cesarean Section; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050498:Live Birth; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D017239:Paclitaxel; D002945:Cisplatin