[Children born to mothers with malignant disease]

In contrast to widespread opinion, recent statistical data show that children born to mothers surviving from malignant diseases have a good outcome if radiotherapy has been avoided during pregnancy. Current chemotherapeutic agents are well tolerated by the developing fetus even in the first trimester of pregnancy. Offspring of patients treated for cancer in childhood bears no more risks of cancer than controls with the exception of the rare cases of hereditary predisposition to cancer.