Association of In Vitro Fertilization With Childhood Cancer in the United States

201977 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Logan G. Spector · University of Minnesota

Morton B. Brown · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Ethan Wantman

Gerard S. Letterie · Seattle Reproductive Medicine

James P. Toner · Emory University

Kevin J. Doody · CARE Fertility

Elizabeth S. Ginsburg · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Abstract

This study found a small association of IVF with overall cancers of early childhood, but it did observe an increased rate of embryonal cancers, particularly hepatic tumors, that could not be attributed to IVF rather than to underlying infertility. Continued follow-up for cancer occurrence among children conceived via IVF is warranted.

Topics & Keywords

Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Renal and related cancers

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA Pediatrics

Volume 173, Issue 6, pp. e190392-e190392

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.0392

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