It was just a few days before Christmas last year when Crystal Miller received the phone call that changed her life: Even though she was only 27 years old and had no risk factors, she had breast cancer. Still, she was stunned when, a few weeks later, her oncologist suggested that she speak to a fertility specialist. Amid fighting for her life, saving her future hypothetical children never crossed her mind.
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Tell Boys With Cancer About Ways to Preserve Fertility
The possibility of an adolescent male becoming infertile as a result of treatment for cancer should be discussed soon after a diagnosis is made, according to an expert in the field.Unfortunately, such a discussion rarely takes place, despite recommendations from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) that have been in place since 2006.
Lab-Grown Penises May Soon Be ‘Ready For Testing’ on Humans
Researchers in North Carolina say penises grown in laboratories could “soon be ready for human testing,” offering hope for men who have had traumatic injuries or penile cancer.
The Deadliest Below-the-Belt Disease You Need to Know About
You’re a grown women who takes charge of her sexual health and sees her gyno regularly, but you may still be forgetting one crucial part of the picture: your ovaries. We get it–they’re out of sight and out of mind, right? But did you know that ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecological disease and that there’s no real early screening tool available?
What Do Sperm Have to Do With Brain Tumors?
My lab studies epigenomic and transcription factors including a molecule called histone variant H3.3. Recent studies have indicated that H3.3 plays key roles in both stem cells and cancer.
PAX7: Rare Stem Cells Have Potential to Cure Infertility in Cancer Patients
Rare stem cells discovered that help to produce new sperm have the potential to cure infertility in cancer patients, scientists have said.
Chemotherapy Can Cause Premature Menopause, Infertility
Women are increasingly freezing their eggs and embryos before cancer treatment begins, because the treatment can cause premature menopause and infertility. Women are increasingly freezing their eggs and embryos before cancer treatment begins, because the treatment can cause premature menopause and infertility.
Healing Teenage Cancer’s Scars
The teenage years can be tough enough under the best of circumstances. But when cancer invades an adolescent’s life, the challenges grow exponentially.
WeHo Clinic Sued for Allegedly Destroying Sperm
A West Hollywood fertility center was sued today by a couple who allege sperm samples that the man deposited before he had surgery for testicular cancer were mistakenly destroyed, making it unlikely he will ever have any biological children.
WeHo Clinic Sued for Allegedly Destroying Sperm
A West Hollywood fertility center was sued today by a couple who allege sperm samples that the man deposited before he had surgery for testicular cancer were mistakenly destroyed, making it unlikely he will ever have any biological children.