[Treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia during pregnancy].

Aim: To study the experience in managing patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) diagnosed in different periods of pregnancy.

Subjects And Methods: Nine women with APL were treated in 1998-2013. When APL was diagnosed in the first trimester of pregnancy, the latter was terminated (n = 1); when its diagnosis was made in the second trimester, chemotherapy (CT) followed by delivery (D) was performed (n = 3); when it was done in the third trimester, D followed by CT was done in relation to gestational age (n = 2) or these were performed at a later gestational age (n = 1).