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Effects of cancer diagnosis and treatment during pregnancy on the health and development of the child

https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/effect-of-diagnosis-during-pregnancy
Full article: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1508913

Very little work has studied how a woman's cancer diagnosis and treatment during pregnancy affects her child. This study of women who were diagnosed with cancer while pregnant looks at their children at ages 18 months and 3 years. The study found no difference in general, cognitive, and cardiac development when compared to children born to healthy mothers. (12/08/2015)

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