14 DAY TRIAL // According to a new study published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, children whose parents resorted to in-vitro fertilization have about 33% more chances to be diagnosed with cancer.
Furthermore, they are 65% more vulnerable to leukemia, and are 88% more likely to suffer from brain and central nervous system cancer.
Children born to parents who followed fertility treatments were also found to be roughly 33% more likely to develop said medical condition during their early years. Cleveland Leader tells us that scientists pinned down this link between a higher cancer risk and in-vitro fertilization and/or fertility treatments after reviewing the findings of 25 studies carried out in 12 different countries between 1990 to 2010.
The researchers speculate that these children are more likely to develop cancer due to the fact that the fertility treatment their parents are prescribed fosters faults in certain genes.
However, it is possible that the parents' infertility, and not the treatment for it, is what makes the children more vulnerable to cancer.