Good outcome for infant of mother treated with chemotherapy for ewing sarcoma at 25 to 30 weeks' gestation

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2004 May;26(5):308-11. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200405000-00010.

Abstract

There have been only three previous reports of women with Ewing sarcoma who received chemotherapy while pregnant. A 17-year-old woman with Ewing sarcoma was treated with a combination of doxorubicin (Adriamycin) and ifosfamide during the 25th to 30th week of gestation, and the baby was delivered at the 32nd week. The baby was developing normally at follow-up at 8 months of age. This case report supports the idea that in this situation, the pregnancy can be continued to await fetal growth, and second-trimester chemotherapy may not have a deleterious effect on the fetus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Doxorubicin / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Gestational Age*
  • Humans
  • Ifosfamide / therapeutic use
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / drug therapy*
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / diagnosis
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / drug therapy*
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Doxorubicin
  • Ifosfamide