Risk of Congenital Malformations in Children Born Before Paternal Cancer

JNCI Cancer Spectrum
Yahia Al-JebariAleksander Giwercman

Abstract

Increased risk of congenital malformations in children fathered by men treated for cancer might be due to mutagenicity of cancer therapies. Finding of increased malformation prevalence in offspring born before paternal cancer would indicate a treatment-independent mechanism. Through national registries, we obtained data on singletons born in Sweden from 1994 to 2014 (n = 1 796 160) and their fathers and mothers (1 092 950/1 092 011). Men with cancer (n = 23 932) fathered 26 601 and 9926 children before and after cancer diagnosis, respectively. Associations between paternal cancer, diagnoses retrieved from the Swedish Cancer Register, and offspring malformations, based on Swedish Medical Birth Register data, were estimated by logistic regression. Children conceived before paternal cancer had a statistically significantly increased risk of all malformations (odds ratio [OR] = 1.08, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.02 to 1.15, P = .016, 3.8% vs 3.4%) and major malformations (OR = 1.09, 95% CI = 1.01 to 1.18, P = .03, 2.4% vs 2.1%). Eye and central nervous system cancers were associated with the highest risk of all malformations (OR = 1.30, 95% CI = 1.04 to 1.61, P = .02, 4.5% vs 3.4%). A similar trend was seen for testicular cance...Continue Reading

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