[Pregnancies and offspring after MOPP therapy].

Abstract

The influence of MOPP therapy on pregnancy and offspring was retrospectively studied by means of a questionnaire in 68 women who had been given 3 to 6 cycles of the drug combination for Hodgkin's disease between 1972 and 1976. All were aged from 16 to 45 years at the time of diagnosis; none had received abdominal irradiation. Before treatment, 72 pregnancies had occurred in 36 women; 31 children were born and 2 of these had minor congenital abnormalities. After treatment, 30 pregnancies were recorded in 22 of the 50 women who were still menstruating; 22 children were born, and only one had a minor congenital malformation; all children showed normal psychomotor development. It is concluded that MOPP does not seem to have any effect on fertility, pregnancy and offspring of those women (73,6%) who continue having menstruations after treatment.