title: Treatment of gynecological cancers diagnosed during pregnancy.
abstract: Because of a notable increase in age at delivery, the incidence of malignancy diagnosed during pregnancy has substantially increased. This review aims to summarize the literature and expert knowledge on gynecologic cancers diagnosed in pregnancy regarding epidemiology, examination and staging procedures, description of treatment modalities and management of gynecological malignancies with special interest in cervical and ovarian cancer. Thorough attention is paid to the surgery and chemotherapy administration for early-stage cervical cancer diagnosed during pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2nd Medical Faculty, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Halaska
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2nd Medical Faculty, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rob
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2nd Medical Faculty, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Robova
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2nd Medical Faculty, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Milos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cerny
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: cancer; cervical; chemotherapy; epidemiology; nonepithelial; ovarian; pregnancy