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Is there anyone suspecting invitro to cause ovarian cancer?
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- By kayb
- Posted October 3, 2009 at 2:33 am · 8 replies
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- By Rikku
- Posted October 3, 2009 at 8:20 am
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There are some studies about it, but the conclusion was no. It is supposed to be linked to borderline though.
Google it and you'll find lots of info.
- By verlinda
- Posted October 3, 2009 at 9:39 am
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I'd be curious to see just who conducted the studies and to see what links they had to drug manufacturers, specific medical groups, etc.
I have a friend who has multiple schlerosis (sp?), and there is a strong possibility it's linked to the fertility measures she took.
- By Artemis
- Posted October 3, 2009 at 1:25 pm
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I would think invitro would be unhealthy just from common sense.
- By Kellyr1
- Posted October 4, 2009 at 5:59 pm
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When I went through Invitro it was mentioned that because of all the hormones a possiblility of cancer was there. Check with your doctor they should be able to provide more facts or studys for you to look at.
- By kayb
- Posted October 4, 2009 at 10:16 pm
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Thanks Kelly--It's always in the back of my mind on where did I go wrong in obtaining this gct cancer. I was just wondering if invitro was, or could be a common factor.
- By Jennali
- Posted October 4, 2009 at 10:20 pm
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Since multiple pregnancies offer some protective benefit against ovca, I would think that anything that caused the ovaries to go nuts making eggs could be suspect.
- By Plonanon
- Posted October 5, 2009 at 6:27 am
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You might want to check out this information from the American Cancer Society:
"While we do not yet know the exact causes of ovarian cancer, we do know some of the risk factors involved."
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_2X_What_causes_ovarian_ca ncer_33.asp
- By mloknitting
- Posted October 5, 2009 at 9:45 pm
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I did high-dose fertility drugs and IVF. I was keenly curious about this and followed the studies. It seems to me that the key study has not been done - follow egg donors who are fertile and women who are infertile after using these hormones.
Why do I say this?
1. Infertility is, in and of itself, a correlation with ovarian cancer. Those of us who have never delivered a baby start off at higher risk.
2. Women who are very young at menarche have been shown to be at higher risk for cancer - and even at a higher risk for dying from cancer. Early menarche seems to have an association with diminished ovarian reserve and premature ovarian failure.
3. There is growing evidence that _ovarian_ endometriosis may be a precursor to both endometroid and serous ovarian cancer.
Without comparing and contrasting the fertile vs. infertile populations there is no way to know. Those of us who start off infertile are not the same (you'll see doctors use the word "parity") as those who are fertile.
This is one of those questions that many oncologists believe the answer is "yes" but there are no good published studies. That "yes" may be further limited to only those women who have certain types of infertility.
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