Treatment of a Breast Cancer with Pregnancy Preserving her Breast and Baby

Breast cancer is reported to occur in from 1 in 3000 to 1 in 10,000 pregnancies worldwide. It may present many difficult medical and psychosocial problems and historically has placed the welfare of the mother in conflict with that of the fetus. To detect breast cancer, pregnant and lactating women should practice self-examination and undergo a breast examination as part of the routine prenatal examination by a doctor. If an abnormality is found, diagnostic approaches such as ultrasound and mammography may be used. With proper shielding, mammography poses little risk of radiation exposure to the fetus. Diagnosis may be safely accomplished with a fine-needle aspiration or excisional biopsy under local anesthesia