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Pregnancy cancer treatment 'hope'

PREGNANT women with breast cancer may be able to undergo surgery or chemotherapy and still deliver babies at full-term, according to a new report.

Treating cancer during pregnancy cuts the need to deliver the baby early – a major concern in managing women with the disease, experts said.

Doctors should aim for women to have a normal- length pregnancy wherever possible because, in most cases, breast cancer can be treated with surgery or chemotherapy or both, said the report in The Lancet medical journal.