MELANOMA COMPLICATING PREGNANCY - 08/09/11
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The incidence of malignant melanoma has been dramatically increasing during the last several decades. Because the median age of diagnosis in women falls within the reproductive years, the coexistence of melanoma and pregnancy is not rare.15 Although many sources cite invasive cervical cancer as the most common malignancy during pregnancy, even with the inclusion of preinvasive disease incidences range only as high as 10.6 cases per 10,000 births, whereas the incidence of melanoma reported in the literature ranges as high as 2.8 cases per 1000 births.37 With the possibility that malignant melanoma may now be the most commonly diagnosed cancer during pregnancy, increased attention to risk factors, screening, diagnosis, and treatment is clearly warranted. Controversies regarding the influence of pregnancy on the natural history and prognosis of melanoma that have been debated in the literature for many years remain incompletely resolved as do treatment strategies.1, 11
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Vol 25 - N° 2
P. 407-416 - juin 1998 Retour au numéro
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