Ever since fertility drugs were used to enhance egg production for IVF there have been rumors that they can increase the risk of ovarian cancer. The poster person for this concept was Gilda Radner who suffered from infertility and then tragically was discovered to have advanced ovarian cancer. Many blamed the fertility drugs she used in attempts to conceive with …
A new study, presented on July 3rd at the 2018 annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), provides more evidence to confirm that fertility drugs do not increase a woman’s risk of developing ovarian cancer.
Researchers analyzed data from more than 58,000 women in Denmark, who underwent fertility treatment with assisted reproductive technology (ART) between …
An article in the Washington Post detailing one mother’s struggle with infertility documents the safety 0f IVF for mother and child.
One of the biggest concerns has been whether exposure to fertility drugs could cause cancer. A 2013 study of 21,646 women in Australia concluded that “there is no evidence of an increased risk of ovarian cancer following IVF in …
Despite lingering concerns that fertility drugs increase the risk of ovarian cancer, a new case-control study suggests they don’t contribute any added risk.
“Women who need to use fertility drugs to get pregnant should not worry about using these fertility drugs,” said lead author Dr. Albert Asante of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Research on fertility drugs and cancer …
An analysis of three decades of twin births (2009 data are the most recent year included) finds large increases in twin birth rates for all age groups, among all racial and ethnic groups and in the U. S. The overall U.S. twin birth rate increased 76%, from 18.9 in 1980 to 33.2 per 1,000 births in 2009.
And for …
