Tweet
Pregnancy-related cancers up by 70 %
Sydney: There has been a 70 per cent increase in cancers diagnosed during or soon after pregnancy, based on a study of 1.3 million births between 1994 and 2008. There has been no evidence of harm to babies.
The most common cancers detected were skin melanomas, breast cancer, thyroid and other endocrine cancers, gynaecological and lymphohaematopoeitic cancers.
The rate of pregnancy-linked cancer is increasing and is only partially explained by the rising number of older mothers, according to research led by the University of Sydney, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology reported.
Sydney: There has been a 70 per cent increase in cancers diagnosed during or soon after pregnancy, based on a study of 1.3 million births between 1994 and 2008. There has been no evidence of harm to babies.
The most common cancers detected were skin melanomas, breast cancer, thyroid and other endocrine cancers, gynaecological and lymphohaematopoeitic cancers.
The rate of pregnancy-linked cancer is increasing and is only partially explained by the rising number of older mothers, according to research led by the University of Sydney, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology reported.
