For many, starting a family is the ultimate dream. But when a young woman gets a diagnosis of cancer, that dream can be replaced with difficult questions about surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and potential loss of fertility.
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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.
Just How Terrible Is Endometriosis?
Few diagnoses are more upsetting for women than endometriosis. Of course, the various female cancers, heart disease, and other life-threatening diseases and disorders are devastating, but endometriosis is a diagnosis that may well mean lifelong troubles ranging from menstrual pain to bowel or bladder dysfunction to infertility, while also possibly making a woman more prone to some of the other devastating health issues. A new study by Monash University researchers confirms just how burdensome a diagnosis of endometriosis can be.
Ask Dr. Renee, How Does Having Breast Cancer Affect Fertility
Breast cancer diagnosis is no longer a death sentence. Unfortunately Black women are being diagnosed at younger ages. Black\women under the age of 40 are more likely to develop breast cancer than White women in the same age bracket. As if receiving a breast cancer diagnosis was not enough to worry about, now you have to worry about whether you will be able to ever have children once you become a survivor.
No One With Infertility Should Walk Alone
Infertility may be more common than you think. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about 1 in 10 women have trouble getting pregnant or staying pregnant. One in 8 couples faces an infertility diagnosis.
Those at Risk of Breast Cancer are Urged to Take a Daily Pill with Alarming Side Effects
You’ve been offered a drug that protects you from life-threatening disease, but the side-effects are unbearable. What do you do? This was the dilemma that Carly Gibson faced as she recovered from breast cancer, after a shock diagnosis aged just 29.
Infertility Awareness Week Puts Emphasis On Education
About eight to ten percent of men and women suffer from infertility, a medical condition that can usually be treated with the right diagnosis.
Infertility Awareness Week Puts Emphasis On Education
About eight to ten percent of men and women suffer from infertility, a medical condition that can usually be treated with the right diagnosis.
Infertility Awareness Week Puts Emphasis On Education
About eight to ten percent of men and women suffer from infertility, a medical condition that can usually be treated with the right diagnosis.
Pregnant in Medical School
Soon after starting medical school, my periods had stopped. Further evaluation led to a diagnosis of hypothalamic amenorrhea, a form of infertility in which insufficient hormones for ovulation are produced. I had always thought of having children, but years down the road, in my 30s, with an established career. At that time I was 27, going to school more than 300 miles away from my husband. Starting a family was not at the top of my mind.