Infertile women requiring ovarian stimulation and assisted reproduction techniques (ART) are faced with difficult issues. The fear that using hormones could increase their risk of cancer is the most significant. One of the main challenges for assessing cancer risk after ART is the difficulty to separate it from the underlying condition of infertility per se. The delay or the inability to achieve a pregnancy is an important risk factor for breast, endometrial and ovarian cancer. We analyzed the current literature on the topic.
Risk of cancer after assisted reproduction: a review of the available evidences and guidance to fertility counselors / Del Pup, L; Peccatori, F A; Levi-Setti, P E; Codacci-Pisanelli, G; Patrizio, P. - In: EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 2284-0729. - 22:22(2018), pp. 8042-8059. [10.26355/eurrev_201811_16434]
Risk of cancer after assisted reproduction: a review of the available evidences and guidance to fertility counselors
Codacci-Pisanelli, GPenultimo
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2018
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Infertile women requiring ovarian stimulation and assisted reproduction techniques (ART) are faced with difficult issues. The fear that using hormones could increase their risk of cancer is the most significant. One of the main challenges for assessing cancer risk after ART is the difficulty to separate it from the underlying condition of infertility per se. The delay or the inability to achieve a pregnancy is an important risk factor for breast, endometrial and ovarian cancer. We analyzed the current literature on the topic.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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