A new study from University College in London has stated that women using in vitro fertilization are 33% more likely to develop ovarian cancer. According to Alastair Sutcliffe of the Institute of Child Health, "compared to other women...of the same age range and time frame...the rates of breast and uterine cancer were no different...as a whole. However, there was an increased risk of ovarian cancer." While the London study of more than 250,000 women indicated that the cancer risk was relatively small (15 cases per 10,000 patients), it does lend to further discussions about this procedure.
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