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Re: Fertility authority must provide evidence for tests and treatments, say researchers
IVFs are cost effective up to age 43, according to NICE. [1]
Ovarian and uterine cancers are increased 4-fold and 5-fold respectively, after IVF treatment, as this excellent long term follow up study of tens of thousands of women clearly demonstrated. [2][3]
Serious and debilitating health consequences later on should be remembered when calculating additional benefits of continuing IVF cycles. [4][5]
Irresponsible IVF Clinics abroad offer luring fertility tourism packages to UK patients rejected at home, even to women older than 50. [6][7][8]
Very few women will proceed in such costly practices, especially after they are correctly and ethically informed about long term health consequences.
References
[1] http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e3656
[2] http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00432-015-2035-x#
[3] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26337160
[4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4507330/
[5] http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j1293
[6] http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/...
[7] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196204/Desperate-older-women-go...
[8] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/11482483/Fertility-treatm...
Competing interests: No competing interests