1990
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(90)90743-5
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Follicular stimulation for high tech pregnancies: Are we playing it safe?

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“…Oocytes are then retrieved through puncture of the ovarian follicles. Both interventions, ovulation induction and ovarian puncture, were associated, in some studies, with ovarian cancer development (11,12,15,18) , but not in others (25)(26)(27) . In addition, infertility itself has been regarded as a risk factor for both ovarian and breast cancer (28) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…Oocytes are then retrieved through puncture of the ovarian follicles. Both interventions, ovulation induction and ovarian puncture, were associated, in some studies, with ovarian cancer development (11,12,15,18) , but not in others (25)(26)(27) . In addition, infertility itself has been regarded as a risk factor for both ovarian and breast cancer (28) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Only few cases of individual ovarian cancer have been described in women that participated in IVF programs (14)(15)(16)(17) . In most of these cases the tumor was diagnosed shortly after the IVF treatment and developed very rapidly (18,19) .…”
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“…50 Indeed, there have been case reports of women treated with fertility drugs later developing cancers of the breast,51,52 malignant and borderline ovarian cancer,53-64 malignancies of the endometrium,54'65 and melanoma66 and in one case-control study use of fertility drugs, as well as a positive interaction between fertility drug use and weight, were associated with thy- eDrug therapy is defined as follows: clomiphene-with or without other hormones excluding hMG; hMG-with or without any other hormones including clomiphene; other-any hormones excluding clomiphene or hMG. roid cancer.46'67 In several of these patients, the interval between infertility treatment and cancer diagnosis was short.…”
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“…For example, if a twenty year old female is told she has a 1% chance of hemorrhaging, a 1% chance of having a post operative infection, and a remote chance of death with an egg donation procedure; can she accept this? Can she understand the long-term risks of fertility drugs, including the risk of cancer [17-19]? This young woman may very well understand these risks, but can she actually accept the fact that she has a remote, yet possible chance of getting cancer or dying?…”
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confidence: 99%