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ArticleThe Lancet. Oncology2021

The definition of pregnancy-associated breast cancer is outdated and should no longer be used.

Frédéric Amant, Hanne Lefrère, Virginia F Borges, Elyce Cardonick, Matteo Lambertini, Sibylle Loibl, Fedro Peccatori, Ann Partridge, Pepper Schedin

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Article in The Lancet. Oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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66citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Postpartum breast cancer: evidence for a distinct phenotype.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2026
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  12. Management and treatment of breast cancer in pregnant women.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2026
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  17. The Canadian Breast Cancer Symposium 2025: Meeting Report.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025
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  19. Impact of Postpartum Diagnosis on Survival of Women with Inflammatory Breast Cancer.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2025
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6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Frédéric AmantDepartment of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Electronic address: frederic.amant@uzleuven.be.
Hanne LefrèreDepartment of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Virginia F BorgesDivision of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Elyce CardonickCooper Maternal Fetal Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, Camden, NJ, USA.
Matteo LambertiniUniversity of Genova, Genoa, Italy; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
Sibylle LoiblGerman Breast Group, Neu-Isenburg, Germany; Centre for Haematology and Oncology Bethanien, Frankfurt, Germany.
Fedro PeccatoriGynecologic Oncology Programme, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
Ann PartridgeDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Pepper SchedinKnight Cancer Institute, University of Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.

Funding

NSAIDs During Postpartum Involution for Breast Cancer ChemopreventionR01CA169175 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SCHEDIN, PEPPER J · 2013 to 2024
$4.8M
Cancer Research UK 30908NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169175
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansPostpartum PeriodPregnancyPregnancy Complications, NeoplasticTerminology as Topic

Identifiers

PMID34087122
PMCPMC8868503

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