Thursday 18 July 2013

New study finds strong pregnancy outcomes for survivors of childhood cancer

Although women who survived childhood cancer face an increased risk of infertility, nearly two-thirds of those who tried unsuccessfully to become pregnant for at least a year eventually conceived, according to clinical researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and Brigham and Women's Hospital. This is comparable to the rate of eventual pregnancy among all clinically infertile women. Read more here.

Study mentioned: Barton SE, et al. Infertility, infertility treatment, and achievement of pregnancy in female survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort. Lancet Oncol. 2013 Jul 12. pii: S1470-2045(13)70251-1. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23856401

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