- December 10, 2013
- Posted by: Spotscreen
- Category: News
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A study conducted in Western Australia has revealed that there may be an association between IVF treatment and an increased risk of melanoma.
The study which took into account 21,604 women, showed that those who underwent IVF treatment and successfully gave birth were up to 3.6 times at greater risk of developing invasive melanoma.
For those women who had IVF but did not have a child, there appeared to be no such increased risk of invasive melanoma.
The study looked at women aged 20-44 years who were seeking infertility treatment between 1982 and 2002, with follow-up in 2010.
During this time a total of 7524 had IVF treatment, 14,870 gave birth, and 149 were diagnosed with invasive melanoma.
