| Fertility treatments, congenital malformations, fetal loss, and childhood acute leukemia: The ESCALE study (SFCE). | |
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BACKGROUND: This study investigated the relationships between childhood acute leukemia (AL) and selective maternal and birth characteristics, including congenital malformations and the use of fertility treatment, for which the literature remains scarce. PROCEDURE: The national registry-based case-control study ESCALE was carried out in France in 2003-2004. Population controls were frequency matched with cases on age and gender. Data were obtained from structured telephone questionnaires. Odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals were estimated using unconditional regression models adjusted for potential confounders. RESULTS: In all, 764 cases of AL (648 lymphoblastic AL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ALL) and 101 myeloblastic AL) and 1,681 controls were included. The AL cases' mothers reported congenital malformations more frequently than the controls' mothers (OR = 1.5 [1.0-2.4]). ALL was significantly associated with the use of fertility treatment for the index pregnancy (OR = 1.9 [1.3-2.8]). In particular, ALL was associated with ovulation induction only (OR = 2.6 [1.6-4.3]), but not with in vitro fertilization (IVF, OR = 1.0 [0.4-2.3]) or artificial insemination (OR = 1.3 [0.5-3.9]). A positive association was also observed for the difficulty of becoming pregnant without fertility treatment (OR = 1.5 [1.0-2.1]). AL was positively associated with a history of voluntary abortion (OR = 1.4 [1.1-1.8]) but not with a history of spontaneous (OR = 0.8 [0.7-1.0]) or therapeutic (OR = 0.7 [0.5-1.1]) abortion. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that subfertility in itself and ovulation induction may be associated with ALL, and support a positive association with congenital malformations. The links with the various types of fertility drugs and the underlying causes of infertility need to be investigated further. Pediatr Blood Cancer © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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Jérémie Rudant; Alicia Amigou; Laurent Orsi; Thomas Althaus; Guy Leverger; André Baruchel; Yves Bertrand; Brigitte Nelken; Geneviève Plat; Gérard Michel; Nicolas Sirvent; Pascal Chastagner; Stéphane Ducassou; Xavier Rialland; Denis Hémon; Jacqueline Clavel |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-5-18 |
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Title: Pediatric blood & cancer Volume: - ISSN: 1545-5017 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 May |
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Created Date: 2012-5-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101186624 Medline TA: Pediatr Blood Cancer Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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Department of Environmental Epidemiology of Cancers, INSERM, Villejuif, France; Department of Environmental Epidemiology of Cancers, Paris-Sud University, Research Center in Epidemiology and Population Health, Villejuif, France; RNHE - National Registry of Childhood Hematopoietic Malignancies, Villejuif, France. jeremie.rudant@inserm.f. |
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