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Article: IVF babies at increased risk for developing retinoblastoma.(in vitro fertilization )(Brief Article)
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- Transplant News
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- March 31, 2003
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IVF babies at increased risk for retinoblastoma
Test tube babies may be at increased risk of developing retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer, according to Dutch scientists.
Although there is no confirmed evidence linking in vitro fertilization (IVF) with cancer, researchers at the VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam said IVF babies could be between 5 and 7 times more likely to develop retinoblastoma than other children.
Annette Moll, MD and her team compared the incidence of the eye cancer in IVF children and those conceived naturally after diagnosing the illness in 5 test tube babies within 15 months. Normally, retinoblastoma ...