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  • Title: Ovarian stimulation: is there a long-term risk for ovarian, breast and endometrial cancer?
    Author: Lerner-Geva L, Rabinovici J, Lunenfeld B.
    Journal: Womens Health (Lond); 2010 Nov; 6(6):831-9. PubMed ID: 21118041.
    Abstract:
    Adverse effects have been related to infertility treatments. Infertility in general, and female infertility in particular, is a well established risk factor for cancer development, especially ovarian, breast and endometrial cancer. This article addresses the possible association between infertility and cancer development, with an emphasis on the influence of infertility treatments, through a meticulous search of the literature published thus far. While results regarding the possible association of infertility, ovulation induction medications and invasive ovarian cancer show no increased risk and are reassuring, results for increased risk for breast cancer and endometrial cancer following exposure to ovarian stimulation medications are inconclusive. Larger population studies with longer periods of follow-up and better adjustment for confounding factors are needed.
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