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Practice Point
MDT treatment planning – Pregnant women
Include obstetricians and perinatologists in the multidisciplinary team (MDT) for the treatment of patients with breast cancer during pregnancy. Particular attention should be paid to each woman’s preferences and psychosocial needs due to the higher likelihood of distress.
Treatment of patients [young women] with breast cancer during pregnancy should be decided on an individual basis according to international guidelines within an expert multidisciplinary team, expanded to include obstetricians and perinatologists, and according to patients' preferences
How this guidance was developed
No evidence-based source recommendation was identified for this topic, which was considered an important aspect of care. This practice point was developed using an expert consensus process. The practice point was informed by a source recommendation in the ESO-ESMO 2017 guidelines for breast cancer in young women (Europe) that was designated ‘Expert Opinion’ by the source guideline authors.
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MDT treatment planning – Pregnant women
Practice Point
Include obstetricians and perinatologists in the multidisciplinary team (MDT) for the treatment of patients with breast cancer during pregnancy. Particular attention should be paid to each woman’s preferences and psychosocial needs due to the higher likelihood of distress.
Principles in action
Patient-centred care
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Multidisciplinary care
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Supportive care
No evidence-based source recommendation was identified for this topic, which was considered an important aspect of care. This practice point was developed using an expert consensus process. The practice point was informed by a source recommendation in the ESO-ESMO 2017 guidelines for breast cancer in young women (Europe) that was designated ‘Expert Opinion’ by the source guideline authors.
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Wellbeing & psychosocial care
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Younger or premenopausal women
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