Posts Tagged ‘egg freezing’

Dr. Wisot not quoted in US Weekly

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

RPMG's Dr. Arthur Wisot was interviewed for a story in the August 9th issue of US Weekly, "Baby after Cancer." The story chronicled Christina Applegate's journey from breast cancer through bilateral mastectomy to now being pregnant.

Dr. Wisot was interviewed about the dangers of pregnancy after breast cancer, an aspect of the story they completely ignored in the article. The most important point he made to them was the option now for women to preserve their fertility using egg freezing prior to starting chemotherapy, an aspect of the story they also ignored. According to the story Christina Applegate did not undergo chemotherapy or radiation so she could pregnant, instead choosing to have a bilateral mastectomy which would not affect her fertility.

Egg freezing is now a very realistic option for women choosing to delay having a family as well as women surviving cancer.

Dr. Wisot has been quoted in many media outlets including celebrity magazines such as People Magazine, US Weekly and Life & Style.

Egg freezing is very effective in otherwise fertile women

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

The process of egg freezing by vitrification has developed as a clinical technique just in the last few years. Now a study in the March 2010 edition of the medical journal Fertility & Sterility shows that it is very effective way of preserving an otherwise fertile woman's fertility potential for the future.

Nineteen women agreed to have their eggs frozen for six months before warming, fertilization and transfer. Three hundred ninety-five eggs were warmed, of which 81.0% survived. Two hundred eighty-five eggs were microinjected for fertilization; 72.3% fertilized, and 53 embryos were transferred. Of the 20 transfers, 16 resulted in clinical pregnancy (80%), 3 miscarried (15%), and 13 (65%) went on to produce live births, respectively.

Egg freezing is an appropriate option for young women without partners who want to delay childbearing and for women needing to take medications or other treatments that can damage eggs such as chemotherapy for cancer. Reproductive Partners uses vitrification for egg freezing.