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Colorectal cancer recurrence during pregnancy--unique and poorly understood clinical entity: report of a case
J Puig-La Calle1, J Ng, G L Syn
1Colorectal Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
|May 27, 1999
Abstract:
The detection of primary or recurrent colorectal cancer during pregnancy is a rare event. Early diagnosis is difficult, because symptoms are often attributed to pregnancy. Here we describe a case of recurrent adenocarcinoma of the colon in a 23-year-old pregnant patient. The relationship between various hormonal and immunological changes of pregnancy and colorectal cancer is discussed.