Showing posts with label treatment related menopause. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treatment related menopause. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Fertility Q&A Ovarian Tissue Freezing
Fertility Q&A Ovarian Tissue Freezing:
An emerging method of fertility preservation offers hope for women with cancer.
By Karine Chung, MD, MSCE
If you are preparing to undergo cancer treatment, you may already be aware that cancer therapies—including chemotherapy and radiation—can cause infertility and premature menopause. If having children after completing your cancer treatment is important to you, you may have begun to consider options for fertility preservation. Because your chance of future successful pregnancies is best when fertility preservation procedures are performed before chemotherapy or radiation, the amount of time available to pursue these procedures is often limited and depends on when your cancer treatment is scheduled to start........
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