Closing the research gaps in obstetric health for survivors of cancer
Menée en Angleterre à partir de données portant sur 13 886 femmes ayant survécu à un cancer diagnostiqué entre 15 et 39 ans, cette étude de cohorte rétrospective analyse le risque de complications obstétriques (21 437 naissances)
Fertility, pregnancy, and motherhood are biological needs that concern both long-term survivors of cancer and oncology care providers. However, there is a paucity of data regarding the birth rates and long-term obstetric complications among female survivors of cancer. Moreover, the existing data are from studies of childhood cancer that do not distinguish by individual cancer type. 1 Grouping cancer types together in a study might not be an accurate extrapolation because the propensity to affect reproductive organs varies among cancer types, their respective treatments, and the age at which the treatment is received. 1 Furthermore, the risk complications related to fertility and obstetrics for individuals diagnosed with cancer as adolescents and young adults (ie, individuals aged 15–39 years) would understandably be different than the risk for children.