Number of pregnant women diagnosed with cancer has increased in last 10 years, a study carried out by researchers of University of Sydney, Australia has revealed.
The results of study were published in the obstetrics and gynecology journal BJOG.
According to study in 2007, 192 out of every 100,000 pregnant and postpartum women received a cancer diagnosis while in the year 1994 it was 112 per 100,000.
Christine Roberts and her group carried out the research on roughly 780,000 women who gave birth more than 1.3 million times between 1994 and 2008.
She said, "Pregnancy-associated cancers have increased, and this increase is only partially explained by increasing maternal age. Pregnancy increases women's interaction with health services and the possibility for diagnosis, but may also influence tumor growth."
In 1994, 13 percent of pregnant women were over age 35, compared to almost 24 percent in 2007.
Lloyd Smith who treats gynecologic cancers at the University of California said, "When you have a pregnant woman who has cancer, the infant's at risk, the woman's at risk, the family is in extreme distress and they're seeking the best advice, which is often confused because no one knows quite what to do".
However, researchers also found out that cancer still remains rare among pregnant or postpartum women but the treatment of one who have cancer presents special problems.
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