Cancer in pregnancy.

Cancer during pregnancy is a rare situation which demands a multidisciplinary care involving the surgical oncologist, the medical oncologist, the obstetrician and a host of other care givers. The care of the patient is planned in a way to optimize the health care delivery to the mother without compromising on the care of the fetus. When this is not possible priorities need to be established and harsh decisions taken on an individual basis. The treatment of the cancer does not change from the standard outside the limits described above and the objective should be to stay as close to the standard of care treatment as possible.