What is it about?
Ovarian cancer ranks fifth among cancers associated with pregnancy. In pregnant women, the situation is even more complex because symptoms are often vague or masked by the physiological changes of pregnancy, and diagnostic evaluation (imaging, tumor markers) and therapeutic management (surgery, chemotherapy) require constant adaptation in order to preserve both maternal and fetal health.
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Why is it important?
Cancer associated with pregnancy is a rare but increasingly reported condition, linked to the postponement of pregnancy to a later age and the parallel increase in the incidence of neoplasms in the fourth decade of life [1,2].
Perspectives
In terms of frequency, it ranks fifth among cancers associated with pregnancy, after breast, thyroid, cervical, and Hodgkin's lymphoma [3]. It complicates approximately 1 in 1,000 pregnancies [3–5] and thus represents a real diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.
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This page is a summary of: Ovarian Cancer with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Discovered During Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, Journal of Case Reports and Medical History, December 2025, Acquire Publications LLC,
DOI: 10.54289/jcrmh2500161.
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