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ReviewHuman reproduction open2025

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Elinor Sebire, Norah Spears, Rod T Mitchell, Agnes Stefansdottir

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Review in Human reproduction open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Elinor SebireInstitute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3630-3989
Norah SpearsBiomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5604-1974
Rod T MitchellCentre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4650-3765
Agnes StefansdottirBiomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2324-672X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

study questionDoes cancer treatment during pregnancy affect gonadal development in the exposed foetus? SUMMARY ANSWER: Our systematic review revealed that exposure WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: It is well known that many cancer therapies can have a detrimental impact on the fertility of children and young people who have been treated for cancer. However, it is not yet known how much these agents impact the gonadal development and subsequent fertility of an STUDY DESIGN SIZE DURATION: We conducted a systematic review, following PRISMA guidelines, to investigate the evidence for associations between PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS SETTING

methodsTwo independent reviewers performed title and abstract, then full-text screening, using inclusion/exclusion criteria decided MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE: 3360 titles and abstracts were screened for inclusion, following the removal of duplicates, with 57 undergoing full text review and 26 eligible studies identified for inclusion (human = 4, animal-model = 22). The collated results show clear evidence of significant germ cell loss and disruption to other gonadal cell types in male and female animal-model gonadal tissues exposed both LIMITATIONS REASONS FOR CAUTION: The evidence provided was limited by the small number of studies available reporting on reproductive outcomes following WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE

findingsThis review provides evidence for the vulnerability of foetal gonads to cancer therapy agents and the potentially damaging effects of STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTERESTS: No specific funding was received for this study. R.T.M. is supported by a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellowship (Grant Reference: MR/Y011783/1). The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. REGISTRATION NUMBER: Study protocol-PROSPERO (RD42021272882 and CRD42021271892).

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chemotherapyfertilityfoetal outcomespregnancyreproductive development

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PMID40843459
PMCPMC12366489

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