Table 6.
Pregnancy Outcomes by Ovarian Irradiation Among Female Cancer Survivors
| Treatment | All Pregnancies (No.) | Live Births |
Stillbirths |
Miscarriages |
Abortions |
Unknown (No.) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | RR | 95% CI | No. | RR | 95% CI | No. | RR | 95% CI | No. | RR | 95% CI | |||
| No RT | 1,147 | 715 | 1.00 | 12 | 1.00 | 160 | 1.00 | 235 | 1.00 | 25 | ||||
| Ovaries in RT field | 79 | 39 | 0.76 | 0.39 to 1.48 | 1 | 1.05 | 0.14 to 7.91 | 18 | 1.86 | 0.82 to 4.18 | 13 | 0.82 | 0.36 to 1.88 | 8 |
| Ovaries near RT field | 131 | 78 | 0.89 | 0.60 to 1.33 | 0 | 25 | 1.64 | 0.97 to 2.78 | 23 | 0.84 | 0.49 to 1.44 | 5 | ||
| Ovaries shielded | 22 | 14 | 1.13 | 0.44 to 2.89 | 1 | 5.82 | 0.73 to 46.4 | 3 | 0.9 | 0.23 to 3.49 | 3 | 0.69 | 0.21 to 2.32 | 1 |
| No ovarian RT | 1,937 | 1,241 | 1.14 | 0.96 to 1.35 | 17 | 0.79 | 0.32 to 1.91 | 308 | 1.17 | 0.92 to 1.48 | 314 | 0.74 | 0.59 to 0.92 | 57 |
| Ovarian RT unknown | 713 | 461 | 1.18 | 0.95 to 1.47 | 6 | 0.87 | 0.31 to 2.46 | 109 | 1.17 | 0.87 to 1.57 | 107 | 0.68 | 0.51 to 0.92 | 30 |
Abbreviation: RR, rate ratio; RT, radiation therapy.