Table 3.

Obstetrical outcomes for patients with relapsed lymphoma during pregnancy

All patients
N = 23
Patients who had antenatal therapy
N = 5
Patients without treatment in pregnancy
N = 18 
Median GA at recurrence, wk 20 (13-28) 25 (20-30) 19 (10-28) 
Median GA at treatment, wk NA 26 (25-30) NA 
Median GA at delivery, wk 36 wk (35-38) 36 (33.5-36.5) 36.5 (35.7-38) 
Median birthweight, grams 2777 (2493-3373) 2784 (2315-3373) 2769 (2585-3292) 
Elective abortion 3 (14) 
Miscarriage 1 (5) 
Live birth 18 (82) 14 
Cesarian delivery 6 (33) 
≥37 wk 8 (42) 
<37 wk 10 (53) 
<32 wk 1 (5) 
Clinically initiated PTD 7 (64) 
Postpartum hemorrhage 
Chorioamnionitis 
Endometritis 
Transfusion of blood products 
GDM 
Preeclampsia 
All patients
N = 23
Patients who had antenatal therapy
N = 5
Patients without treatment in pregnancy
N = 18 
Median GA at recurrence, wk 20 (13-28) 25 (20-30) 19 (10-28) 
Median GA at treatment, wk NA 26 (25-30) NA 
Median GA at delivery, wk 36 wk (35-38) 36 (33.5-36.5) 36.5 (35.7-38) 
Median birthweight, grams 2777 (2493-3373) 2784 (2315-3373) 2769 (2585-3292) 
Elective abortion 3 (14) 
Miscarriage 1 (5) 
Live birth 18 (82) 14 
Cesarian delivery 6 (33) 
≥37 wk 8 (42) 
<37 wk 10 (53) 
<32 wk 1 (5) 
Clinically initiated PTD 7 (64) 
Postpartum hemorrhage 
Chorioamnionitis 
Endometritis 
Transfusion of blood products 
GDM 
Preeclampsia 

GA, gestational age; GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus; NA, not applicable; PTD, preterm delivery.

Data are presented as number (percentage) or median (interquartile range).

Two patients with Hodgkin lymphoma conceived during multiagent ifosfamide-based chemotherapy during the first trimester (at 5 and 8 weeks), with 1 patient having an elective abortion and the other a miscarriage; 1 patient with high-tumor burden follicular lymphoma had an elective abortion at week 7, and 1 patient was found to be pregnant in the first trimester during the final radiation treatment.

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