National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital Reports Findings in Cancer (Perinatal and childhood outcomes of children born to female cancer survivors in South Korea): Cancer

2024 FEB 09 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Pediatrics Daily News -- New research on Cancer is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating from Goyang, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Despite the increasing number of female cancer survivors, uncertainty remains regarding potential adverse health outcomes for their offspring. Comprehensive population-based studies would be invaluable for female cancer survivors in making decisions about their future.”

Financial support for this research came from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, “This study uses the National Health Information Database to investigate perinatal and long-term outcomes of offspring born to mothers with a history of cancer. In a South Korean cohort of 95,264 women aged 15-40 diagnosed with cancer between 2007 and 2010, we evaluated the outcomes of 15,221 children born to 11,092, cancer survivors. We selected 147,727 women without a history of cancer and 201,444 children as a control group. Our study found that children of female cancer survivors have a significantly higher odds ratio of primary outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight, neonatal intensive care unit admission, and death. While there was no difference in the rate of death within 1 year of birth between the two groups, the total death rate during the follow-up period was significantly higher in children born to mothers with cancer.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “After adjusting for gestational age and birth weight, there was no statistically significant increased hazard ratio of secondary outcomes including cancer, chromosomal abnormalities, cerebral palsy, delayed development, epilepsy, language disorder, or hearing impairment.”

For more information on this research see: Perinatal and childhood outcomes of children born to female cancer survivors in South Korea. Scientific Reports, 2024;14(1):2418. Scientific Reports can be contacted at: Nature Portfolio, Heidelberger Platz 3, Berlin, 14197, Germany. (Nature Publishing Group - http://www.nature.com/; Scientific Reports - http://www.nature.com/srep/)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Tae Mi Youk, Research Institute, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Ju Hyun Jin, Jisun Yun and Ja Yoon Heo.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53088-y. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Publisher contact information for the journal Scientific Reports is: Nature Portfolio, Heidelberger Platz 3, Berlin, 14197, Germany.

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