Pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) is defined as cancer of the breast diagnosed
during pregnancy and up to 1 year postpartum. Delays in diagnosis are frequently
associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The aim of this article is to determine the
significance of early detection of PABC and to alert health care providers to include PABC in
the differential diagnosis when evaluating a breast mass in the perinatal period. This
integrative literature review evaluated 15 research studies by using the hypothetical …