ABSTRACT
CANCER DIAGNOSED IN PREGNANCY Incidence/Epidemiology Cancer complicates approximately 1/1000 pregnancies, and 1 out of every 118 malignancies is associated with pregnancy (1).
There is no increased incidence of malignancy in pregnant women. Upon reviewing the literature, almost 500 pregnant women have been diagnosed and treated for cancer during pregnancy. The most common cancers that occur during pregnancy are breast, cervical, leukemia, lymphoma, thyroid, and melanoma (2).
