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Pregnancy and Birth After Cancer in the Youth

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Nearly all survivors of childhood cancer wish to have biological children in adulthood. Yet, cancer treatment may lead to a reduced fertile window and infertility. Especially due to possible organic late effects as a result of previous cancer treatment, survivors may be at additional risk for complications during pregnancy and labor. While generally courses of pregnancy are uncomplicated in the majority of survivors, mode of deliveries seem to represent an increased surveillance in these patients. Potential perinatal and health consequences for the offspring are summarized in this book chapter.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Magdalena Balcerek & Anja Borgmann-Staudt

  2. Department for Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Saarland University Hospital Homburg, Homburg, Germany

    Sebastian Findeklee

  3. Fertility Center Hamburg, Amedes MVZ, Hamburg, Germany

    Sebastian Findeklee

  4. University Women’s Hospital, Division Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Michael von Wolff

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    Carsten Bokemeyer

  3. Pediatric Oncology and Hematology – Long-Term Follow-Up after Childhood Cancer, University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Lübeck, Germany

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Balcerek, M., Borgmann-Staudt, A., Findeklee, S., von Wolff, M. (2021). Pregnancy and Birth After Cancer in the Youth. In: Beck, J.D., Bokemeyer, C., Langer, T. (eds) Late Treatment Effects and Cancer Survivor Care in the Young. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49140-6_12

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