Georges El Hachem*

Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

*Corresponding Author: Georges El Hachem, Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium. Email: george.el.hashem@hotmail.com

Received: February 09, 2018; Published: February 14, 2018

Citation: Georges El Hachem. “Breast Cancer and Pregnancy: A Challenge Between Creation and Destruction”. Acta Scientific Cancer Biology 2.3 (2018).

  Breast cancer remains the most common malignancy in women worldwide, and the most diagnosed cancer in patients of reproduc- tive age. In the era of major advances in the molecular classification and the treatment of early breast cancer, patients have an improved survival irrespective of their ages. Thus, women are prone to regain a normal regular lifestyle including the procreation. Nevertheless, prior pregnancies and breastfeeding are among the risk factors of developing a breast malignancy. Breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy continues to be a challenge of treating and saving the mother without affecting the fetus and the delivery. Nowadays, there have been more publications discussing this topic, but all the recommendations are still of limited evidence.

Copyright: © 2018 Georges El Hachem. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.