No increased cancer risk found for children born after use of ART
Children born after use of assisted reproduction technology do not have an increased risk for any cancer, but those born after frozen-thawed embryo transfer have an increased risk for childhood cancer, according to a study published online 1 September in PLOS Medicine.
Nona Sargisian, from Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, and colleagues conducted a registry-based cohort study using data from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden involving 7,944,248 children, of whom 2.2% were born after use of assisted reproduction technology (ART).