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Abstract
The cases of 20 women who have been treated for cancer of the breast and who subsequently
developed 30 pregnancies are studied and reported. Admittedly, this is a highly select
group. In 80 per cent the cancer was stage I when first treated, and in 50 per cent
it was less than grade 4 microscopically. Eleven of the women are still living and
well. The shortest survival is 9 years, 2 months, as of Dec. 1, 1959. The longest
survival is 15 years, 8 months. Neither interrupting the pregnancy nor allowing it
to go to term has affected the ultimate outcome of any patient who has had cancer
of the breast. Whether interruption of the pregnancy adds to the patient's lifetime
cannot be determined from this study or from the available information of the world
literature. Under certain circumstances and upon theoretical grounds. I would recommend
therapeutic abortion if it is acceptable to the patient.
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Received:
May 2,
1960
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© 1960 Published by Elsevier Inc.
