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Breast cancer during pregnancy: retrospective institutional case series Cover

Breast cancer during pregnancy: retrospective institutional case series

By: Erika Matos and  Tanja Ovcaricek  
Open Access
|May 2021

Figures & Tables

Individual patients and tumours characteristics with details of treatment

PatientPatient’s age at BC diagnosis (years)GA at BC diagnosis (weeks)BC stage, tumor gradeHR HER2 BRCASystemic treatment during pregnancyMode of deliveryComplications at delivery, post-partumType of BC surgeryPost-partum treatment
13428T2N1M0 IIB G3ER/PR neg HER2 poz BRCA posECVaginal-MRMDoce, trastuzumab RT
22813T2N0M0 IIA G3ER/PR neg HER2 neg BRCA negECCSPlacenta praevia, delivery at 27 weeks of gestationBCS and ALNDEC, pacli RT
33732T2N0M0 IIA G3ER/PR neg HER2 neg BRCA negECVaginal-BCS and SNBEC, pacli RT
43840T3N1M0 IIIA G2ER/PR pos HER2 pos BRCA neg-Vaginal-MRMFEC, doce, trastuzumab, tamoxifen, RT
52714T1N0M0 IA G3ER/PR neg HER2 neg BRCA posECVaginal-Mastectomy and SNB and reconstruction (expander)-
6348T2N0M0 IIA G3ER/PR pos HER2 pos BRCA ND-NRPregnancy termination advised, 10 weeks of gestationMRMFEC, doce, trastuzumab, tamoxifen, RT
73024T3N0M0 IIB G3ER/PR neg HER2 neg BRCA posAC, pacliCS-Mastectomy and SNB and reconstruction (expander)Cape, RT
83226T4dN2M1 IV G2ER/PR pos HER2 pos BRCA NDACVaginal-No surgeryDoce, trastuzumab, tamoxifen, RT
93913T2N1M0 IIB G2ER/PR pos HER2 neg BRCA NDACVaginal-MRMPacli, tamoxifen
103230T1cN0M0 IA G3ER/PR pos HER2 neg BRCA pos-CSInduced delivery, 35 weeks of gestationMastectomy and SNBEC, tamoxifen
11296T2N2M0 IIIA G3ER/PR neg HER2 pos BRCA negECVaginal-MRMTrastuzumab, RT
12336T1miN0M0 IA G3ER/PR neg HER2 neg BRCA neg-Unknown-Mastectomy and SNB-
133138T3N2M0 IIIA G3ER/PR neg HER2 neg BRCA ND-Vaginal-MRMFEC, doce, RT
143836T3N2M1 IV G3ER/PR pos HER2 pos BRCA neg-Vaginal-No surgeryDoce, pertuzumab, trastuzumab, tamoxifen

Treatment of pregnant breast cancer patients

Gestational ageSurgerySystemic treatmentTreatment after delivery
1st trimesterMastectomy + SNB/ALNDAdjuvant ChT beginning in 2nd trimesterAdjuvant ET/anti-HER2 therapy (if indicated) + RT (if indicated)
2nd and 3rd trimesterMastectomy/BCS + SNB/ALNDChT (adjuvant/neo-adjuvant)Adjuvant ET/anti-HER2 therapy (if indicated) + RT (if indicated)
Late 3rd trimesterMastectomy/BCS + SNB/ALND Adjuvant ET/anti-HER2 therapy (if indicated) + RT (if indicated)

Diagnostic procedures for pregnant breast cancer patients

Diagnostic proceduresPatients selection
Breast US with CNBAll patients
MammographyAll patients
Chest X-rayAll patients
CNB: tumor grade, ER, PR, HER2 statusAll patients
Laboratory test (CBC, ALP, LFT, CA 15-3)All patients
Liver USLiver metastases suspected
Bone MRIBone metastases suspected
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2021-0022 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 362 - 368
Submitted on: Aug 29, 2020
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Accepted on: Mar 29, 2021
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Published on: May 4, 2021
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2021 Erika Matos, Tanja Ovcaricek, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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