Congenital Anomalies in the Children of Cancer Survivors: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
Author(s) -
Lisa B. Signorello,
John J. Mulvihill,
Daniel M. Green,
Heather M. Munro,
Marilyn Stovall,
Rita E. Weathers,
Ann C. Mertens,
John Whitton,
Leslie L. Robison,
John D. Boice
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.482
H-Index - 548
eISSN - 1527-7755
pISSN - 0732-183X
DOI - 10.1200/jco.2011.37.2938
Subject(s) - medicine , offspring , radiation therapy , childhood cancer , cancer , pediatrics , cohort , odds ratio , late effect , pregnancy , genetics , biology
Children with cancer receive mutagenic treatments, which raises concern about the potential transmissibility of germline damage to their offspring. This question has been inadequately studied to date because of a lack of detailed individual treatment exposure assessment such as gonadal radiation doses.
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