Fertility Drugs Could Lower Cancer Risk In Some Cases, Says Study

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Research appearing in the Journal of The National Cancer Institute is asserting that in some cases fertility drugs can alter a woman's risk for developing cancer.

The study, carried out by a team of researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), report that findings from the so-called the Two Sister Study indicate that women who were using ovulation-stimulating fertility drugs had a considerably lower risk of developing breast cancer than women who took no fertility drugs. The study further showed that women on fertility drugs who "failed to conceive a 10-plus week pregnancy had a statistically considerably lower breast cancer risk compared to nonusers." However, women who did conceive a 10-plus week pregnancy had a statistically relevant, higher risk of developing breast cancer than those who received the fertility drugs but did not successfully achieve at least a 10-plus week pregnancy.

"Our data suggest that exposure to a stimulated pregnancy is enough to undo the reduction in [breast cancer] risk associated with a history of exposure to ovulation-stimulating drugs," wrote the researchers.

In short, the researchers asserted that fertility drugs possibly elevate risk by effecting a change in pregnancy-related breast-tissue remodeling.

Some of the drawbacks of the study include the reality that an elevated breast cancer risk in the women who were successfully treated with fertility drugs could be a result of having been exposed to ovarian hormones in pregnancy, among other factors.

Furthermore, the study only focused on early-onset breast cancer, or breast cancer in women who are under the age of 50. The complicating issue here is that early-onset breast cancer in most cases is a consequence of genetic factors.

Source: Medical News Today


 
 

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