Esophageal Carcinoma in Pregnancy

• DOI: 10.1007/s13224-014-0517-4
• Publication Date: 2014-04-11T20:14:14Z
• Authors: Akhil P. Jain; Apurva A. Patel; Asha S. Anand; Sandip A. Shah
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 3. Good health

Association of cancer and pregnancy is a rare coexistence. The incidence of cancer in pregnancy ranges from 0.07 to 0.1 % of all malignant neoplasms [1]. Esophageal carcinoma during pregnancy is usually in the advanced stage at the time of diagnosis. The diagnosis of esophageal carcinoma in pregnancy is an extremely rare case and was first described in 2008 [2, 3].