Daniela Pierannunzio, Alice Maraschini, Tania Lopez, Serena Donati, Rosalba Amodio, Fortunato Bianconi, Rossella Bruni, Marine Castaing, Claudia Cirilli, Giovanna Fantaci, Linda Guarda, Silvia Iacovacci, Lucia Mangone, Guido Mazzoleni, Walter Mazzucco, Anna Melcarne, Elisabetta Merlo, Fabio Parazzini, Fedro Alessandro Peccatori, Massimo Rugge, Giuseppe Sampietro, Giovanni Scambia, Giovanna Scarfone, Ausilia Sferrazza, Fabrizio Stracci, Antonina Torrisi, Maria Francesca Vitale, Silvia Francisci
The aim of this study is to describe the frequency and trend of pregnancy-associated cancer (PAC) in Italy, an increasingly relevant phenomenon due to postponing age at childbirth. To this purpose, a population-based retrospective longitudinal study design based on cohorts of women aged 15-49 diagnosed with cancer and concomitant pregnancy is proposed. The study uses 19 population-based Cancer Registries, covering about 22% of Italy, and linked at an individual level with Hospital Discharge Records. A total of 2,861,437 pregnancies and 3559 PAC are identified from 74,165 women of the cohort with a rate of 1...
August 28, 2023: Cancers