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Study: IVF Doesn't Raise Breast Cancer Risk

Largest, most comprehensive study to date.

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Ajay Verma/Reuters

The process of in vitro fertilization (IVF) does not increase the risk for breast cancer, according to a new study published Tuesday. The largest, most comprehensive study on the matter, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, not only found no increased risk among women who receive IVF, but also no increased breast-cancer risk among women who received other, less intensive fertility treatments.

Read it at The New York Times

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