About this Research Topic
Pregnancy or conception while suffering an acute or chronic hematologic disease is no longer precluded. Cancer survivors and non-neoplastic patients are increasing in number worldwide due to improvements in hematological diagnosis and treatment. Through a multidisciplinary approach including fertility preservation, molecularly directed novel drugs, and preconception and prenatal screenings, it is possible to plan for and carry a pregnancy to full term. However, the maintenance of fertility and pregnancy in such patients presents specific management and therapeutic challenges for both patients and physicians.
Specific issues related to mother and child safety and the impact of a pregnancy on the illness must be addressed and discussed.
For this Research Topic we would like to review the gamut of hematological malignancies, several possible scenarios (i.e., hematological illness diagnosed during pregnancy, an unplanned pregnancy diagnosed during treatment, or a planned pregnancy after/during therapy) and present a practical approach to their management before and during pregnancy.
This article collection will cover neoplastic acute hematological diseases (e.g., leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma), and chronic hematological diseases (e.g., myeloproliferative neoplasm, chronic myeloid leukemia). Bone marrow transplant issues and post treatment problems like early menopause will also be included.
We welcome Original Research and Review Articles on:
• Targeted therapy in hematological malignancies and reproduction perspectives
• Hodgkin’s lymphoma during reproductive age: fertility preservation and follow up
• Management of reproductive function among aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma in young adults
• Acute leukemias and pregnancy: always forbidden?
• Myeloproliferative neoplasms: are there different management approaches among asymptomatic and treated patients?
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and pregnancy: 20 year of revolution
• Impact of bone marrow transplant on fertility and conception
• Medically assisted pregnancies
• Early menopause and morbidity for long survivors
Keywords: pregnancy, fertility, onco-hematology, reproduction
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