Cancer linked to Fertility Problems

Increased risk for those whose mothers struggled to conceive

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Increased risk for those whose mothers struggled to conceive, Auckland conference told.


” Results of a large study unveiled in Auckland show a link between women with fertility problems and an increased risk of cancer in their children “

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APN New Zealand Limited, Oct 31, 2012.

“Part of the background to this is that a drug used to prevent miscarriage in the 1950s and 1960s, diethylstilboestrol, caused a specific, rare form of cancer in female offspring.”

said Auckland University professor of biostatistics, Thomas Lumley.

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