Fertility and pregnancy outcome after abdominal irradiation that included or excluded the pelvis in childhood tumor survivors

H Sudour, P Chastagner, L Claude, E Desandes… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To evaluate fertility after abdominal and/or pelvic irradiation in long-term female
survivors. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Puberty and pregnancy outcome were analyzed in
female survivors of childhood cancer (aged< 18 years) treated with abdominal and/or pelvic
radiotherapy (RT) at one of two French centers (Nancy and Lyon) between 1975 and 2004.
Data were obtained from medical records and questionnaires sent to the women. RESULTS:
A total of 84 patients who had received abdominal and/or pelvic RT during childhood and …