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Warning: infertility drugs may increase the risk of ovarian cancer Women that use infertility drugs have had concerns for a long time about the risks of ovarian cancer due to the drugs used for their treatments. A recent study has shown little connection associated with drugs used like Clomid and cancer. Clomid is used to stimulate the ovaries to produce more eggs for conception. During the 1990’s studies were done that showed a connection yet those studies have since been proven incorrect. The recent study showed “no convincing association” between ovarian cancer and the use of fertility drugs. The patients used for the research were women that had used the drugs at least 16 years prior to the research. Although the study did not find a relative connection, the researchers agree further clinical research and follow-up studies should be done to prove completely the drugs and the cancer are not associated. In the women studied, the average age for the follow-up was 47 years of age. The peak age for ovarian cancer occurs in the early 60’s. Yet the leading researcher in the study states the results from the study are reassuring the lack of connection of the cancer and the infertility drugs. Dr. Allan Jensen, the leader of the research stated if there was a connection they would have discovered it during their extended study and the findings show the concerns are unfounded but the research team will continue to monitor the test patients for several years. The test patients reviewed were over 54,000 women who were treated in fertility clinics between 1963 and 1998. The number of women who were diagnosed with ovarian cancer was only 156 of those women. Upon finding the 156 women who had cancer, further studies were performed on the drugs used for fertility, clomifene citrate both Clomid and Serophene, gonadotropin-releasing hormones, and human chorionic gonadotropin. The results showed no overall increase of cancer risks in relation to the fertility drugs. While the tests show the infertility drugs were not associated with cancer, it should be stated that women that are infertile naturally have a higher rate of ovarian cancer due to the natural hormones they lack in their system.