[Cancer of the bile ducts and pregnancy. Apropos of a case]

J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 1988;17(7):897-900.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors report a case of successful pregnancy 8 years after surgery and chemotherapy for biliary cancer with secondaries in the liver. The authors, in considering this case, have analysed the sequelae of chemotherapy for cancer on fertility. They discuss the need to preserve the ability to produce oocytes in young women who need treatment for cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / surgery
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Female
  • Fertility / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / drug therapy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / surgery
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / therapy*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents