Many childhood cancer survivors have uncomplicated pregnancies, healthy babies
Monday, October 5, 2009 - 19:07
in Health & Medicine
Women who survived cancer in childhood or adolescence or women whose male partner is a childhood cancer survivor do not appear to have an increased risk of major complications during pregnancy, having babies with birth defects or infant deaths, according to two reports in the October issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, increased rates of preterm births and low birth weight -especially among those with certain cancers or who received certain treatments -indicate that these pregnancies and infants should be closely monitored.