ArticleInternational journal of cancer2017
The risk of preterm birth and growth restriction in pregnancy after cancer.
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- Reproductive outcomes of pregnancy after breast cancer: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Maternal and perinatal outcomes following a diagnosis of Hodgkin lymphoma during or prior to pregnancy: A systematic review.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2023Pooled it
- From Maternal Exposure to F1 Development: Unveiling Cyclophosphamide-Induced Reproductive Toxicity.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Pregnancy Associated Melanoma: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women with Early Onset Cancer in the United States.Cancers · 2026Article
- Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Consult Series #76: Cancer in pregnancy.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Joint effects of IVF and cancer history on birth outcomes.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2026Article
- Guidance on physical activity from cancer survivorship to pregnancy: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Fertility preservation and reproductive outcomes in young women with breast and gynecological cancers: a new challenge for the clinician.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Adverse Obstetric Outcomes after Breast Cancer Diagnosis: An Observational Database Study in Germany.Cancers · 2024Article
- Melanoma in Pregnancy-Diagnosis, Treatment, and Consequences for Fetal Development and the Maintenance of Pregnancy.Cancers · 2024Review
- A Scoping Review of Preterm Birth Risk Factors.American journal of perinatology · 2024Article
- Risk of adverse birth outcomes after adolescent and young adult cancer.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2024Article
- Differentiated thyroid cancer and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Reproductive Health Outcomes among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cancers · 2023Review
- Maternal and neonatal outcomes in women with a history of chemotherapy exposure: a population-based study of 8 million obstetric admissions.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2023Article
- Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes 1 or More Years After a Diagnosis of Breast Cancer.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2022Article
- Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Young Women with Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cancers · 2022Review
- Effects of early maternal cancer and fertility treatment on the risk of adverse birth outcomes.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
- Outcomes of the First Pregnancy After Fertility-Sparing Surgery for Early-Stage Cervical Cancer.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2021Article
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Abstract
It is unclear whether cancer and its treatments increase the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Our aim was to examine whether cancer survivors have higher risks of poor outcomes in pregnancies conceived after diagnosis than women without cancer, and whether these risks differ by cancer type and race. Diagnoses from cancer registries were linked to pregnancy outcomes from birth certificates in three U.S. states. Analyses were limited to the first, live singleton birth conceived after diagnosis. Births to women without a previous cancer diagnosis in the registry were matched to cancer survivors on age at delivery, parity, race/ethnicity and education. Log-binomial regression was used to estimate risk ratios. Cervical cancer survivors had higher risks of preterm birth (Risk ratio = 2.8, 95% Confidence interval: 2.1, 3.7), as did survivors of invasive breast cancer (RR = 1.3, 95% CI: 1.1, 1.7) and leukemia (RR = 2.1, 95% CI: 1.3, 3.5). We observed a higher risk of small for gestational age (SGA) infants (<10% of weight for age based on a national distribution) in survivors of brain cancer (RR = 1.7, 95% CI: 1.1, 2.8) and extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma (RR = 2.3, 95% CI: 1.5, 3.6). We did not see an increased risk of infants born preterm, low birth weight, or SGA in pregnancies conceived after ductal carcinoma in situ, thyroid cancer, melanoma, or Hodgkin lymphoma. While our results are reassuring for survivors of many cancers, some will need closer monitoring during pregnancy.
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