Pregnancy in women who had cancer in childhood

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1890-1894

  Edgar, Angela B ^a   Wallace, W Hamish B ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Female reproductive function; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLORMETHINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

AMENORRHEA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OVARY FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCTION; UTERUS DISEASE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREMATURE BIRTH; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34548028718     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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