Alina Zgardau1, Joel G Ray2,3,4, Nancy N Baxter2,3,5,6, Chenthila Nagamuthu2, Alison L Park2, Sumit Gupta1,2,3, Paul C Nathan1,2,3. 1. The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Haematology/Oncology, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2. ICES, Toronto, ON, Canada. 3. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 5. Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. 6. Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The likelihood of pregnancy and risk of obstetrical or perinatal complications is inadequately documented in female survivors of pediatric cancer. METHODS: We assembled a population-based cohort of female survivors of cancer diagnosed at age 21 years and younger in Ontario, Canada, between 1985 and 2012. Survivors were matched 1:5 to women without prior cancer. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards and modified Poisson models assessed the likelihood of a recognized pregnancy and perinatal and maternal complications. RESULTS: A total of 4062 survivors were matched to 20 308 comparisons. Median (interquartile range) age was 11 (4-15) years at cancer diagnosis and 25 (19-31) years at follow-up. By age 30 years, the cumulative incidence of achieving a recognized pregnancy was 22.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 20.7% to 23.9%) among survivors vs 26.6% (95% CI = 25.6% to 27.3%) among comparisons (hazard ratio = 0.80, 95% CI = 0.75 to 0.86). A lower likelihood of pregnancy was associated with a brain tumor, alkylator chemotherapy, cranial radiation, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pregnant survivors were as likely as cancer-free women to carry a pregnancy >20 weeks (relative risk [RR] = 1.01, 95% CI = 0.98 to 1.04). Survivors had a higher relative risk of severe maternal morbidity (RR = 2.31, 95% CI = 1.59 to 3.37), cardiac morbidity (RR = 4.18, 95% CI = 1.89 to 9.24), and preterm birth (RR = 1.57, 95% CI = 1.29 to 1.92). Preterm birth was more likely in survivors treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allogenic: RR = 8.37, 95% CI = 4.83 to 14.48; autologous: RR = 3.72, 95% CI = 1.66 to 8.35). CONCLUSIONS: Survivors of childhood or adolescent cancer are less likely to achieve a pregnancy and, once pregnant, are at higher risk for severe maternal morbidity and preterm birth.
BACKGROUND: The likelihood of pregnancy and risk of obstetrical or perinatal complications is inadequately documented in female survivors of pediatric cancer. METHODS: We assembled a population-based cohort of female survivors of cancer diagnosed at age 21 years and younger in Ontario, Canada, between 1985 and 2012. Survivors were matched 1:5 to women without prior cancer. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards and modified Poisson models assessed the likelihood of a recognized pregnancy and perinatal and maternal complications. RESULTS: A total of 4062 survivors were matched to 20 308 comparisons. Median (interquartile range) age was 11 (4-15) years at cancer diagnosis and 25 (19-31) years at follow-up. By age 30 years, the cumulative incidence of achieving a recognized pregnancy was 22.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 20.7% to 23.9%) among survivors vs 26.6% (95% CI = 25.6% to 27.3%) among comparisons (hazard ratio = 0.80, 95% CI = 0.75 to 0.86). A lower likelihood of pregnancy was associated with a brain tumor, alkylator chemotherapy, cranial radiation, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Pregnant survivors were as likely as cancer-free women to carry a pregnancy >20 weeks (relative risk [RR] = 1.01, 95% CI = 0.98 to 1.04). Survivors had a higher relative risk of severe maternal morbidity (RR = 2.31, 95% CI = 1.59 to 3.37), cardiac morbidity (RR = 4.18, 95% CI = 1.89 to 9.24), and preterm birth (RR = 1.57, 95% CI = 1.29 to 1.92). Preterm birth was more likely in survivors treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allogenic: RR = 8.37, 95% CI = 4.83 to 14.48; autologous: RR = 3.72, 95% CI = 1.66 to 8.35). CONCLUSIONS: Survivors of childhood or adolescent cancer are less likely to achieve a pregnancy and, once pregnant, are at higher risk for severe maternal morbidity and preterm birth.
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