How to handle breast cancer in pregnancy

Dr. Shiphrah Kuria explains

Cancer during pregnancy is uncommon, but when it does occur it presents several unique challenges. Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women and once in a while it may be diagnosed during pregnancy. Pregnancy however does not have any dramatic influences on the development of breast cancer; the critical issue is how advanced the cancer is at the time of diagnosis. Sometimes interrupting the pregnancy may not improve the cancer condition.

The drawback with a pregnancy condition however, is the probable delay that could occur in diagnosing breast cancers, especially because the . . .

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