Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Center for Thyroid Diseases, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Thyroid Cancer in Women of Reproductive Age and the Perinatal Period: Diagnostic and Treatment Aspects
Author(s): Eunjung Lee*
Any girl of procreative age diagnosed with thyroid cancer ought to be offered preconception recommendation on the risks of thyroid cancer progression or repetition, or adverse obstetrical and/or childhood outcomes, and family planning in cases wherever thyroid cancer treatment contraindicates maternity. For most cases of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) within the perinatal amount, treatment is often delayed till once delivery. If surgery is usually recommended throughout maternity, it ought to be performed within the trimester. Pregnancy isn't related to clinically purposeful illness progression of antecedently treated DTC or micro papillary thyroid cancer underneath active police investigation. It&rs.. View More»