Joan-- There is a literature on the topic--search for IVF and ovarian cancer--that should get you into it. Laura At 10:02 AM 11/18/2002 -0500, you wrote: >At 08:16 AM 11/18/02 -0500, you wrote: >> From ScienceDaily >>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/11/021118065310.htm >> >> >>Source: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions >>Date: 11/18/2002 >> >> >>Assisted Reproduction May Be Linked To Birth Defect Syndrome > >Thanks to Doug for this post. While we're on assisted reproduction, I have >long suspected that the fertility drugs given to women who are trying to >conceive are likely to be linked to reproductive cancers (just as I long >suspected that hormone replacement therapy is so linked). Has anyone seen >any studies to this effect? > >Joan > >