Diagnóstico de câncer de mama no período gestacional

Abstract

Objective: To demonstrate the importance of early diagnosis of breast cancer related to pregnancy, in order to the realization of the correct treatment, thus resulting in good prognosis. Methodology: Literary revision regarding breast cancer during pregnancy. Results: After the study of several articles, the impacts of a breast cancer diagnosis on pregnant women could be observed, the evolutions of the illness itself, as well as the patient’s fears and concerns. Conclusion: Based on the research it has been possible to observe that the majority of academics’ researchers had concluded that breast cancer is the most common malign pathology amongst pregnant women; today, the search for the preservation of the mother and the fetus and the following of procedures, aiming to reach an early diagnosis and determine the best course of treatment, by a team of multiprofessional health workers is the standard practice.