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Delayed cancer diagnosis in the pregnant patient: navigating a complex medical and ethical dilemma
Margarita V Revzin1, Nadia Solomon2, Jonathan Langdon2
1Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, Room TE-2, PO Box 208042, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA. margarita.revzin@yale.edu.
Abstract:
Prompt diagnosis of cancer in pregnancy is necessary to ensure timely management and improve outcomes. However, there are a several reasons why diagnosis may be delayed in pregnancy. Three major contributors to delayed diagnosis and treatment are patient delay, provider delay, and referral delay. This article aims to (1) increase physician awareness of this problem by providing a detailed review of the main culprits of delayed diagnosis and treatment of cancer in the pregnant patient, (2) discuss the complex ethical issues at hand in these cases, and (3) provide suggestions on how to better address such cases with the goal of improving patient outcomes.
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