Making sense of the risks: what to tell adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Division of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Paul C Nathan et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023.

. 2023 Jun 8;115(6):603-604.

doi: 10.1093/jnci/djad066.

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Division of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no disclosures.

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