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Treatment of infertility does not increase the risk of ovarian cancer among women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation.
Fertility and sterility - 1 Mar 2016
Gronwald Jacek, Glass Karen, Rosen Barry, Karlan Beth, Tung Nadine, Neuhausen Susan L, Moller Pal, Ainsworth Peter, Sun Ping, Narod Steven A, Lubinski Jan, Kotsopoulos Joanne
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between use of fertility medication (i.e., selective estrogen receptor [ER] modulator, gonadotropin, or other) or infertility treatment (i.e., IVF or IUI) and the risk of ovarian cancer among women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. DESIGN: A matched case-control study of 941 pairs of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers with and without a diagnosis of ovarian cancer. SETTING:...
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