To battle infertility sometimes caused by cancer treatment, some children’s hospitals are trying a futuristic approach: removing and freezing immature ovary and testes tissue, with hopes of being able to put it back when patients reach adulthood and want to start families.
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The Contraceptive Pill has ‘Prevented 200,000 Cases of Cancer’
New research by Oxford University suggests that oral contraceptives reduce the risk of womb cancer. The contraceptive Pill has helped to prevent 200,000 cases of womb cancer over the last ten years, according to Oxford University researchers.
New Data Shows Young Cancer Patients Uninformed Of Infertility
Data suggests that many young cancer patients are completely unaware that treatment for their condition may result in fertility.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: The Silent Disorder that Wreaks Havoc on the Body
One in every 10 women has polycystic ovary syndrome, a disorder that is the leading cause of female infertility and a risk factor for diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other life-threatening illnesses. Yet half of all women with PCOS are undiagnosed.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: The Silent Disorder that Wreaks Havoc on the Body
One in every 10 women has polycystic ovary syndrome, a disorder that is the leading cause of female infertility and a risk factor for diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other life-threatening illnesses. Yet half of all women with PCOS are undiagnosed.
AHN Program Helps Women and Men With Cancer Preserve Fertility
When a woman is diagnosed with cancer, a natural question is whether steps can be taken to preserve her ability to have children. The next question is how those treatments will be paid for.A program to help women dealing with those issues is now in place at the Allegheny Health Network.
Preparing For a Baby After Cancer
When you learn you have cancer, having children might be the last thing on your mind. But with cancer, time is of the essence. The fertility discussion is necessary to safeguard your fertility before you undergo chemotherapy, radiation or surgery.
Unused Embryos Pose Difficult Issue: What to Do With Them
In storage facilities across the nation, hundreds of thousands of frozen embryos — perhaps a million — are preserved in silver tanks of liquid nitrogen. Some are in storage for cancer patients trying to preserve their chance to have a family after chemotherapy destroys their fertility. But most are leftovers from the booming assisted reproduction industry. And increasingly families, clinics and the courts are facing difficult choices on what to do with them — decisions that involve profound questions about the beginning of life, the definition of family and the technological advances that have opened new reproductive possibilities.
Researchers Identify Unique Marker on Mom’s Chromosomes in Early Embryo
Researchers in the University of Georgia’s Regenerative Bioscience Center are visually capturing the first process of chromosome alignment and separation at the beginning of mouse development. The findings could lead to answers to questions concerning the mechanisms leading to birth defects and chromosome instability in cancer cells.
Sperm Recognized as Property in B.C. Case; Donors win $6.2M Settlement
VANCOUVER — The University of B.C. has agreed to compensate hundreds of cancer victims whose sperm was inadvertently destroyed, in a settlement that recognizes for the first time sperm as property.