According to a recent study of ovarian cancer “After 15 years of follow-up, they found that women who had undergone IVF were more than four times as likely those who had not to develop borderline ovarian cancer, a malignancy that is treatable and survivable.”
Now, I would normally think that a four times greater risk of cancer would be cause for concern. Not so.
“This shouldn’t be a cause of concern to women undergoing IVF,” said Flora E. van Leeuwen, the lead author and head of epidemiology at the Netherlands Cancer Institute. “We’re talking about in an increased risk of a very rare tumor that is highly treatable.”
That’s assuming that this particular risk is the only risk associated with IVF. Is that how all known carcinogens are treated?