Abdominal Cancers

Selective radiation therapy to abdomen can preserve fertility

Published in Cancer Weekly, April 27th, 2004

Women who were treated with radiation therapy to cure Wilms tumor as a child can go on to have healthy babies so long as their entire pelvis was not irradiated, according to a new study.

Radiation to the abdomen of a young girl can often impair her long-term fertility because of its effects on the ovaries, uterus, and musculoskeletal system of the abdomen, spine, and pelvis. While earlier studies have highlighted the adverse impact radiation therapy can have upon the fertility of female survivors of Wilm tumor and other childhood cancers, the earlier research did not include detailed analyses of the survivors' pregnancies in relation to where they received the radiation...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-04-27)

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