Cautious Optimism for Offspring of Women with Cancer during Pregnancy
Menée dans plusieurs pays européens (Belgique, République tchèque, Pays-Bas, Italie), cette étude cas-témoins analyse le développement et la survie des enfants dont la mère a été atteinte d'un cancer diagnostiqué et éventuellement traité pendant la grossesse (durée de suivi : 3 ans)
Fortunately, cancer rarely complicates pregnancy, with a cancer diagnosis in approximately 1 of 1000 pregnant women. Thus, for busy obstetrical care providers who deliver 125 babies per year, the odds that they will have a patient with cancer are about one in every 8 years. Given the variety of cancers that are diagnosed during pregnancy, it is unlikely that most obstetrical care providers will see more than two or three cases of any given type of maternal cancer in their careers...
New England Journal of Medicine , éditorial en libre accès, 2014