Pregnancy and cancer: what nurses need to know
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Pregnancy and cancer: what nurses need to know

Lynne Pearce Health journalist

Tips on how nurses can help, advise and support women with cancer in pregnancy and their families

Cancer during pregnancy is rare, but as more women are having children later in life, cancer during a pregnancy may become more common. Patients may have questions about the safety of treatments and their effects on their unborn child. Nurses can offer information and support to help pregnant women deal with uncertainties and anxiety.

Cancer Nursing Practice. 22, 5, 10-11. doi: 10.7748/cnp.22.5.10.s4

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