Obstetric and offspring risks of women’s morbid conditions linked to prior anticancer treatments

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Review

Juan J. Tarín¹  Miguel A. García-Pérez²  Antonio Cano³ 

[1] Department of Cellular Biology, Functional Biology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Valencia, Burjassot, 46100, Valencia, Spain;Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Valencia, Burjassot, 46100, Valencia, Spain;Research Unit-INCLIVA, Hospital Clínico de Valencia, 46010, Valencia, Spain;Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, 46010, Valencia, Spain;Service of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Clinic Hospital, 46010, Valencia, Spain;

关键词: Fertility;    Gestation;    Gynecology;    Pregnancy;    Pregnancy complications;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12958-016-0169-6

 received in 2016-05-21, accepted in 2016-06-16,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundLiterature shows the effects of type of cancer and/or anticancer treatment on live birth percentages and/or pregnancy and neonatal complications in female cancer survivors. However, studies analyzing the obstetric and offspring risks of the morbid conditions associated with previous anti-cancer treatments are missing. The present review aims to uncover these risks.MethodsA literature search based on publications up to March 2016 identified by PubMed and references cited in relevant articles.ResultsThe morbid conditions associated with prior anticancer treatments including chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, and/or hematopoietic stem-cell transplant may induce not only obstetric and neonatal complications but also long-term effects on offspring. Whereas some risks are predominantly evidenced in untreated women others are observed in both treated and untreated women. These risks may be superimposed on those induced by the current women’s trend in Western societies to postpone maternity.ConclusionsMedical professionals should be aware and inform female cancer survivors wishing to have a child not only of the short- and long-term risks to themselves and their prospective offspring of previous anticancer treatments, fertility-preservation technologies, and pregnancy itself, but also of those risks linked to the morbid conditions induced by prior anticancer treatments. Once female cancer survivors wishing to have a child have been properly informed about the risks of reproduction, they will be best placed to make decisions of whether or not to have a biological or donor-conceived child. In addition, when medical professionals be aware of these risks, they will be also best placed to provide appropriate treatments before/during pregnancy in order to prevent or alleviate the impact of these morbid conditions on maternal and offspring health.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2016