Breast cancer victim delivers twins At Apollo Hospital Delhi

As reported by TOI, Dr Ramesh Sarin, a senior consultant of surgical oncology at Apollo Hospital, admitted that Lalnunsangi's was a challenging case. "We constituted a multidisciplinary board comprising a medical oncologist, a radio oncologist, a surgical oncologist, gynaecologists and foetal medicine specialists to decide whether to take up this case or not. All available medical literature was studied to learn how to manage such patients. Finally, the board decided that it was possible to treat breast cancer during pregnancy," Sarin said.

Initially, the doctors are reported to have conducted a breast conservation surgery first on Rosy as the timour was small (2 cm) in size. It was followed by sentinel node biopsy. After this course, chemotherapy medicines that are safe for the foetus were administered to her over the next 10 weeks. The doctors delivered the baby by an elective lower segment caesarean section.

As reported by dailymail, Dr Shakti Bhan Khanna, Senior Consultant Gynaecology, said: “The formation of all the vital organs like heart, lungs and brain etc happens in the first trimester. And the patient was in her second trimester when she came to us. So it was safer to give her certain drugs that do not cause any side-effects to the fetus.