Ovarian cancer is a particularly deadly kind of cancer because usually by the time it is found, it is quite advanced and difficult to cure.
In 1993, an article in the American Journal of Epidemiology cautioned that fertility drugs might increase the risk of ovarian cancer. Anecdotally, I noticed, that when women underwent fertility treatments with drugs that hyperstimulated their ovaries, it seemed that if they got pregnant, they were okay. But when they didn’t, they got ovarian cancer. There was a pretty famous fashion editor in New York who tried to conceive with IVF and failed, then died of ovarian cancer. Again, totally anecdotal, but notable.
An article in the BBC in 2002, claimed to put all this to rest, totally disproving the link between fertility drugs and cancer. The article was called “Fertility Drugs Given the All Clear.”
However, if you read it closely, it only spells out that it found “no statistical association” between cancer and the use of fertility drugs like Clomid. I have seen other studies that suggest these drugs “may” increase one’s risk for cancer. Bottom line is, no one knows for sure. As more and more people are going through fertility treatments, it will take decades before we have any actual longitudinal information.
Again, do your research, and buyer beware.
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