Fertility in women treated with cranial radiotherapy for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 589-597

  Byrne, Julianne ^a   Fears, Thomas R ^b   Mills, James L ^b   Zeltzer, Lonnie K ^c,d   Sklar, Charles ^e   Nicholson, H Stacy ^g   Haupt, Riccardo ^h   Reaman, Gregory H ^a   Meadows, Anna T ^f   Robison, Leslie L ⁱ  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^g OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Fertility; Leukemia; Menarche; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENARCHE; MOOD DISORDER; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SKULL IRRADIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MENARCHE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2442646429     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20033     Document Type: Article

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