Pregnancy articles for Amy

May 30, 2007

Hi Amy,

" Recently, eight patients with CML who became pregnant while receiving

imatinib therapy were reported from different areas of the world. All

of the fetuses had been exposed to imatinib during the first trimester,

and four fetuses have also been exposed to imatinib during the second

and third trimesters. Six of the reported eight pregnancies proceeded

to term with healthy infants "

I found the above quote in the Journal of Clinical Oncology here:

I also found another article that described a case where a woman

continued to take Gleevec throughout the entire pregnancy and delivered

a healthy baby. You can find that article here:

Here's an article that describes one women who had apheresis during her

pregnancy and she delivered a healthy baby at the end:

And finally, here's one that shows how three women used Interferon

during their pregnancies and all had normal babies.

I hope you find this a little bit reassuring that IF you should need to

do something (and that's a big if right now), then there are several

things you can consider.

Take care,

Tracey

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