A novel study revealed that fertility treatments like IVF (in-vitro fertilization) does not raise risk of woman of cancer instead of hormone used. Some earlier research had recommended that fertility drugs might be associated with breast, ovarian and uterine cancer.
A large study was conducted by researchers from the University of Lund in Sweden, in which they analyze data from twenty-four women who gave birth after IVF during periods between 1982 and 2006. It was found that far fewer women grown one or more forms of cancers subsequent to IVF in comparison to those who had not received such treatment.
Less than two percent of women in the IVF group had grown one or more forms of cancers during the follow up period of eight years, in comparison to five percent, those who were other group. They have accounted the maternal age, the number earlier pregnancies and status of smoking.
The overall risk of cancer was approximately twenty-five lower in women who had IVF. A couple of women who require IVF need not be afraid from the hormone treatment, at least treatments used in Sweden, will carry a risk of developing cancer, explained study author Dr Bengt Kallen.
However, the risk of ovarian cancer was more than double in women who had IVF treatment in comparison to those who did not. It is recommended that it might be due to irregularities in functioning of the ovary which could raise the risk for cancer and risk of infertility.
The risk for two common forms of cancers such as breast and cervical was considerably lower than expected. The reason for it might be that women who receive IVF being healthier than average or more likely that IVF-treated women may undergo more cervical and mammography exams.