Affiliation:
1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas USA
2. Diagnostics Center, Hospital DF Star–Rede D’Or Sao Luis Brasilia Brazil
3. Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas USA
Abstract
AbstractThe diagnosis of cancer is increasingly made in the pregnant population, thought to be from the increasing average age of pregnancy and the use of prenatal fetal noninvasive screening techniques, leading to incidental detection of cancer in the mother. Complex challenges are associated with imaging, diagnosis, staging, and treatment of cancers in this patient population, which require highly specialized interdisciplinary management. This report discusses the use of multimodality imaging and safety considerations in pregnant patients, reviews the current guidelines for ionizing radiation imaging techniques, and presents a series of commonly and uncommonly encountered cancers in pregnancy with current diagnostic imaging guidelines. The authors also discuss the role of multidisciplinary management and treatment options and provide an overview of therapy‐related considerations in the age of novel anticancer therapies.Plain Language Summary
The diagnosis and management of pregnant patients who have cancer are actively evolving as novel imaging techniques and anticancer therapies are being developed.
Radiologically, there are inherent difficulties in balancing the minimization of fetal ionization while acquiring diagnostic quality imaging necessary for the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of maternal disease.
Standardized imaging protocols are still being developed, with evolving imaging guidelines coupled with rapidly expanding research and development of novel anticancer therapies, which come with their side effects and complications.
Caring for this patient population is especially challenging and requires specialized multidisciplinary attention.
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