Pregnancy and glial brain tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improvements in brain tumor treatments have led to an increase in the number of young women with brain tumors who are now considering pregnancy. The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of pregnancy on brain tumor biology.

Methods

In this institutional review board-approved retrospective study, we searched the institution's database for patients with glial brain tumors who were pregnant at the time of diagnosis or became pregnant during the course of their illness. We identified 34 such patients and reviewed their charts to determine each patient's clinical course and pregnancy outcome.

Results

Fifteen patients were diagnosed with a primary brain tumor during pregnancy: 3 with glioblastomas, 6 with grade III gliomas, and 6 with grade II gliomas. P

SUBMITTER: Yust-Katz S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4136891 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature