Cancer in Pregnancy : Maternal and Fetal Risks

G. Ed. Koren

ISBN 10: 0521471761 / ISBN 13: 9780521471763

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Cancer in pregnancy presents physicians and their patients with a major dilemma. The urge to use the highest tolerable doses of chemotherapy, high doses of irradiation and surgery, has to be weighed carefully against their risks to the unborn baby. This book is the very first to attempt to quantify these risks, and to provide physicians with a core of knowledge that will be very relevant to making sound clinical decisions in the face of sometimes conflicting interests.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cancer in Pregnancy : Maternal and Fetal Risks
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521471761
• ISBN 13: 9780521471763
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 19D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 540 grams

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Synopsis

Cancer in pregnancy, a relatively uncommon occurrence, presents physicians and their patients with a major dilemma: the urge to use chemotherapy, irradiation, or surgery has to be weighed carefully against their risks to the unborn baby. This book is the very first to attempt to quantify these risks and provide physicians with a core of knowledge that will be relevant to making sound clinical decisions in the face of sometimes conflicting interests. The volume evaluates the results of the Motherisk Program, which was set up specifically to address this problem, and reviews maternal and fetal outcomes from a sizeable database of the most common cases of cancer in pregnancy. In reviewing this program and the experience of others in this area, this volume serves as a clinically relevant tool.

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Cancer in pregnancy presents physicians and their patients with a major dilemma. The urge to use the highest tolerable doses of chemotherapy, high doses of irradiation and surgery, has to be weighed carefully against their risks to the unborn baby. This book is the very first to attempt to quantify these risks, and to provide physicians with a core of knowledge that will be very relevant to making sound clinical decisions in the face of sometimes conflicting interests.