The impact of cancer on subsequent chance of pregnancy: a population-based analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Study question

What is the impact of cancer in females aged ≤39 years on subsequent chance of pregnancy?

Summary answer

Cancer survivors achieved fewer pregnancies across all cancer types, and the chance of achieving a first pregnancy was also lower.

What is known already

The diagnosis and treatment of cancer in young females may be associated with reduced fertility but the true pregnancy deficit in a population is unknown.

Study design, size, duration

We performed a retrospective cohort study relating first incident cancer diagnosed between 1981 and 2012 to subsequent pregnancy in all female patients in Scotland aged 39 years or less at cancer diagnosis (n = 23 201). Pregnancies were included up to end of 2014. Females from the exposed group not pregnant befor

SUBMITTER: Anderson RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6012597 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature