Cancer risk among parous women following assisted reproductive technology

Cancer risk among parous women following assisted reproductive technology

STUDY QUESTION Do women who give birth after assisted reproductive technology (ART) have an increased risk of cancer compared with women who give birth without ART? SUMMARY ANSWER Without correction, the results indicate an increase in overall cancer risk, as well as a 50% increase in risk of CNS cancer for women giving birth after ART, however the results were not significant after correctin...

Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy following Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Case Report

Assisted reproductive technology use and outcomes among women with a history of cancer.

STUDY QUESTION How do the assisted reproductive technology (ART) outcomes of women presenting for ART after cancer diagnosis compare to women without cancer? SUMMARY ANSWER The likelihood of a live birth after ART among women with prior cancer using autologous oocytes is reduced and varies by cancer diagnosis but is similar to women without cancer when donor oocytes are used. WHAT IS KNOWN ...

Risk of Cancer in Children Conceived by Assisted Reproductive Technology.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE An increasing number of children are born after assisted reproductive technology (ART), and monitoring their long-term health effects is of interest. This study compares cancer risk in children conceived by ART to that in children conceived without. METHODS The Medical Birth Registry of Norway contains individual information on all children born in Norway (including i...

Association between parity and risk of suicide among parous women.

BACKGROUND There are limited empirical data to support the theory of a protective effect of parenthood against suicide, as proposed by Durkheim in 1897. I conducted this study to examine whether there is an association between parity and risk of death from suicide among women. METHODS The study cohort consisted of 1,292,462 women in Taiwan who had a first live birth between Jan. 1, 1978, and ...