Paula Rios, Philippe Herlemont, Patricia Fauque, Brigitte Lacour, Pierre Jouannet, Alain Weill, Mahmoud Zureik, Jacqueline Clavel, Rosemary Dray-Spira
IMPORTANCE: Cancer is a leading cause of death among children worldwide. Treatments used for medically assisted reproduction (MAR) are suspected risk factors because of their potential for epigenetic disturbance and associated congenital malformations. OBJECTIVE: To assess the risk of cancer, overall and by cancer type, among children born after MAR compared with children conceived naturally. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: For this cohort study, the French National Mother-Child Register (EPI-MERES) was searched for all live births that occurred in France between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2021 (and followed up until June 30, 2022)...
May 1, 2024: JAMA Network Open