CAnceR IN PreGnancy (CARING) – a retrospective study of cancer diagnosed during pregnancy in the United Kingdom

CAnceR IN PreGnancy (CARING) – a retrospective study of cancer diagnosed during pregnancy in the United Kingdom

Background The incidence of cancer diagnosed during pregnancy is increasing. Data relating to investigation and management, as well as maternal and foetal outcomes is lacking in a United Kingdom (UK) population. Methods In this retrospective study we report data from 119 patients diagnosed with canc...

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Published in:British journal of cancer Vol. 130; no. 8; pp. 1261 - 1268
Main Authors: Baxter, M. A., Denholm, M., Kingdon, S. J., Kathirgamakarthigeyan, S., Parikh, S., Shakir, R., Johnson, R., Martin, H., Walton, M., Yao, W., Swan, A., Samuelson, C., Ren, X., Cooper, A., Gray, H-L, Clifton, S., Ball, J., Gullick, G., Anderson, M., Dodd, L., Hayhurst, H., Salama, M., Shotton, R., Britton, F., Christodoulou, T., Abdul-Hamid, A., Eichholz, A., Evans, R. M., Wallroth, P., Gibson, F., Poole, K., Rowe, M., Harris, J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 03-05-2024
Nature Publishing Group
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631/67/2324
692/308/174
692/4028/67/2324
692/699/67/2324
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cancer
Cancer Research
Chemotherapy
Data collection
Diagnosis
Drug Resistance
Epidemiology
Molecular Medicine
Oncology
Patients
Pregnancy
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:Background The incidence of cancer diagnosed during pregnancy is increasing. Data relating to investigation and management, as well as maternal and foetal outcomes is lacking in a United Kingdom (UK) population. Methods In this retrospective study we report data from 119 patients diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy from 14 cancer centres in the UK across a five-year period (2016-2020). Results Median age at diagnosis was 33 years, with breast, skin and haematological the most common primary sites. The majority of cases were new diagnoses (109 patients, 91.6%). Most patients were treated with radical intent (96 patients, 80.7%), however, gastrointestinal cancers were associated with a high rate of palliative intent treatment (63.6%). Intervention was commenced during pregnancy in 68 (57.1%) patients; 44 (37%) had surgery and 31 (26.1%) received chemotherapy. Live births occurred in 98 (81.7%) of the cases, with 54 (55.1%) of these delivered by caesarean section. Maternal mortality during the study period was 20.2%. Conclusions This is the first pan-tumour report of diagnosis, management and outcomes of cancer diagnosed during pregnancy in the UK. Our findings demonstrate proof of concept that data collection is feasible and highlight the need for further research in this cohort of patients.
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ISSN:0007-0920
1532-1827
1532-1827
DOI:10.1038/s41416-024-02605-x