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Cancer Risk Factors
In vitro fertilization not associated with cancer risk in Sweden
November 17th, 2005
In vitro fertilization (IVF) was not associated with cancer risk in Sweden. According to research from Sweden, "To study long-term morbidity among children conceived by IVF, IVF infants [were] compared with all infants born. More than 16,000 children born after IVF (30% of them after intracytoplasmic sperm injection) were studied with national health registers. Total number of days in hospital care at different ages, hospitalization for specific diagnoses, childhood cancer (was calculated)." "An overuse of hospital care was found among IVF children up to 6 years of age, which was partly explained by maternal characteristics. Discharge diagnoses...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-11-17)
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