title: Prognosis of pregnancy-associated breast cancer.
abstract: Conventionally, breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy and within the years following have been referred to collectively as pregnancy-associated breast cancer. However, increasing evidence suggests that breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy is a different entity from that diagnosed postpartum, both in terms of prognosis and biology. Given the increasing number of women who find themselves diagnosed with breast cancer during or following a pregnancy, future research and discussion should separate these two into distinct groups: breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy and breast cancer diagnosed postpartum in an effort to enhance our understanding to inform and improve clinical management and counseling.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. lee.guek.eng@singhealth.com.sg.
authors.forename: Guek Eng
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Erica L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.affiliation: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Partridge
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis
keywords: Breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy (BCP); Breast cancer diagnosed postpartum (BCPP); Pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC); Prognosis