A case-control study has revealed that the use of fertility drugs does not contribute to ovarian cancer among the majority of women; however, there is a significantly increased risk of ovarian cancer for those women who use fertility drugs and still remained nulligravid.
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Kurta, M. L. et al. Use of fertility drugs and risk of ovarian cancer: results from a US-based case-control study. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0426
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Infertility and ovarian cancer. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 9, 429 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2012.117
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2012.117