Bone and soft tissue sarcomas during pregnancy: A narrative review of the literature

Bone or soft tissue sarcomas are rarely diagnosed during pregnancy. Until today 137 well documented cases have been reported in the English literature between 1963 and 2014. Thirty-eight pregnant mothers were diagnosed with osteosarcoma, Ewing’s sarcoma or chondrosarcoma, whereas 95 other cases of s...

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Main Authors: George Zarkavelis, Dimitrios Petrakis, George Fotopoulos, Sotirios Mitrou, Nicholas Pavlidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-07-01
Series:Journal of Advanced Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090123216000047
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spelling doaj-307ef7723cdd4599ab9c9f3cca492a252020-11-24T22:51:47ZengElsevierJournal of Advanced Research2090-12322090-12242016-07-017458158710.1016/j.jare.2016.01.003Bone and soft tissue sarcomas during pregnancy: A narrative review of the literatureGeorge Zarkavelis0Dimitrios Petrakis1George Fotopoulos2Sotirios Mitrou3Nicholas Pavlidis4Department of Medical Oncology, Ioannina University Hospital, 45110 Ioannina, GreeceDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ioannina University Hospital, 45110 Ioannina, GreeceDepartment of Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital, Athens University, Athens, GreeceREA Maternity Hospital, A. Sygrou Avenue, 383, P. Faliro, Athens, GreeceDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ioannina University Hospital, 45110 Ioannina, GreeceBone or soft tissue sarcomas are rarely diagnosed during pregnancy. Until today 137 well documented cases have been reported in the English literature between 1963 and 2014. Thirty-eight pregnant mothers were diagnosed with osteosarcoma, Ewing’s sarcoma or chondrosarcoma, whereas 95 other cases of soft tissue sarcomas of various types have been documented. We present the clinical picture and therapeutic management of this coexistence.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090123216000047CancerPregnancyBone sarcomasSoft tissue sarcomas
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author George Zarkavelis
Dimitrios Petrakis
George Fotopoulos
Sotirios Mitrou
Nicholas Pavlidis
spellingShingle George Zarkavelis
Dimitrios Petrakis
George Fotopoulos
Sotirios Mitrou
Nicholas Pavlidis
Bone and soft tissue sarcomas during pregnancy: A narrative review of the literature
Journal of Advanced Research
Cancer
Pregnancy
Bone sarcomas
Soft tissue sarcomas
author_facet George Zarkavelis
Dimitrios Petrakis
George Fotopoulos
Sotirios Mitrou
Nicholas Pavlidis
author_sort George Zarkavelis
title Bone and soft tissue sarcomas during pregnancy: A narrative review of the literature
title_short Bone and soft tissue sarcomas during pregnancy: A narrative review of the literature
title_full Bone and soft tissue sarcomas during pregnancy: A narrative review of the literature
title_fullStr Bone and soft tissue sarcomas during pregnancy: A narrative review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Bone and soft tissue sarcomas during pregnancy: A narrative review of the literature
title_sort bone and soft tissue sarcomas during pregnancy: a narrative review of the literature
publisher Elsevier
series Journal of Advanced Research
issn 2090-1232
2090-1224
publishDate 2016-07-01
description Bone or soft tissue sarcomas are rarely diagnosed during pregnancy. Until today 137 well documented cases have been reported in the English literature between 1963 and 2014. Thirty-eight pregnant mothers were diagnosed with osteosarcoma, Ewing’s sarcoma or chondrosarcoma, whereas 95 other cases of soft tissue sarcomas of various types have been documented. We present the clinical picture and therapeutic management of this coexistence.
topic Cancer
Pregnancy
Bone sarcomas
Soft tissue sarcomas
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090123216000047
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