Is there an increased risk of cancer following infertility treatments?
There has been some concern raised over the past ten years that the use of fertility drugs and assisted reproductive technologies may put women at increased risk for either ovarian or breast cancer. Adding fuel to this concern was an irresponsible article published in the otherwise usually reputable Oprah Magazine. There has been an official response to this article from our North American fertility association – The American Society of Reproductive Medicine. I have included this response in a downloaded PDF file which is available on this website. In summary, there is no conclusive evidence that there is an increased risk of either breast or ovarian cancer related to either fertility drugs or in vitro fertilization. When digesting all of this information, one has to remember that first of all breast cancer is extremely common. Approximately 12% of all women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. There are so many different variables that it is sometimes difficult to ascertain w
