title: [The health of children born after cancer treatments].
abstract: With the development of cancer treatments an increasing number of patients having contracted cancer at a young age will survive. Those who have recovered from cancer will, however, have children almost twice more infrequently than their siblings. Women who have received radiotherapy especially in the abdominal and pelvic region possess an increased risk of premature delivery. Progeny of the patients have been shown not to possess an increased risk of intrauterine death, death during the neonatal period or embryonic deaths. According to current knowledge, cancer treatments do not have transgenerational effects and do not increase the risk of cancer among the progeny.
authors.affiliation: HUS, Lasten ja nuorten sairaala ja Suomen Syöpärekisteri.
authors.forename: Laura-Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Madanat-Harjuoja
authors.forename: Risto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sankila
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000209:etiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D017741:Survivors