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After gestational chemotherapy, the kids are all right

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When a pregnant woman is diagnosed with cancer, clinical management is complicated by concerns about the possible detrimental effects of cancer treatments on pregnancy outcome and the health of the baby. Evidence about the outcomes of children after maternal chemotherapy for cancer during pregnancy is growing and we can say 'the kids are all right'.

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  1. Division of Gynaecological Oncology, Fertility and Procreation Unit, European Institute of Oncology, Via G. Ripamonti 435, Milan, 20144, Italy

    Fedro A. Peccatori

  2. Department of Oncological Surgery, Gynaecological Oncologic Unit, “Regina Elena” National Cancer Institute, Via E. Chianesi 53, Rome, 00144, Italy

    Giacomo Corrado

  3. Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via della Commenda 12, Milan, 20122, Italy

    Monica Fumagalli

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Peccatori, F., Corrado, G. & Fumagalli, M. After gestational chemotherapy, the kids are all right. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 12, 254–255 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2015.66

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