Objective To summarize the recent studies on diagnosis and treatment for pregnancy-associated breast cancer （PABC） to provide evidence for diagnosis and treatment for PABC. Methods By PubMed， Medline， and CNKI retrieval system， with “pregnancy-associated breast cancer or PABC， diagnosis of pregnancy-associated breast cancer or PABC， treatment of pregnancy-associated breast cancer or PABC” as key words to retrieval for the recent researches about PABC. All of the publications about studies on diagnosis and treatment for PABC were reviewed and summarized. Results Diagnosis of PABC included ultrasound， mammography， magnetic resonance imaging， needle biopsy， and so on， and the treatment contained surgery， chemotherapy， endocrine therapy， radiation therapy， and targeted therapy. However， when diagnosis and treatment for PABC involved， the impact to patients with pregnancy and fetus must be considered in priority. Conclusions By reviewing the studies of relevant papers about diagnosis and treatment for PABC which can provide a clinical guidance for clinicians. Usage of bevacizumab and lapatinib still needs to further be studied.