Increased risk for cancer among offspring of women with fertility problems

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1180-1186

  Hargreave, Marie ^a   Jensen, Allan ^a   Deltour, Isabelle ^b   Brinton, Louise A ^c   Andersen, Klaus K ^a   Kjaer, Susanne K ^a,d  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; fertility treatment; infertility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERTILITY; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILDHOOD CANCER; FERTILITY TREATMENT; INFERTILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFERTILITY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK;

EID: 84879237114     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28110     Document Type: Article

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