There is growing interest in preserving fertility in young cancer patients as evidenced by a growing number of articles in the press.
Two very recent articles highlight fertility preservation in adolescents and the use of ovarian freezing as an option along with egg freezing.
In the September 3, 2013 Wall Street Journal a story highlights fertility preservation in children …
Oncofertility refers to preserving a young woman’s fertility when she needs to go through potentially egg-damaging chemotherapy for cancer.
Neelima Denduluri, a breast medical oncologist at Virginia Hospital Center, “chemo is a real risk to fertility.” Certain regimens, she says, “are more likely to cause infertility and decreasing of sperm count,” with up to 80 percent of patients affected, with …
In a story reported on Medscape, the AMA adopted a resolution to urge insurers to cover fertility preservation in cancer patients.
If insurers cover costs for reconstruction after a cancer patient has a mastectomy and costs for storing blood in case a cancer patient needs a subsequent transfusion, why shouldn’t they cover expenses for fertility preservation when a young …
In an interview in the April issue of Vogue magazine as reported in Parade magazine , “Modern Family” actress Sofia Vergara revealed that she is not only interested in having more kids, she is freezing her eggs in order to do so. Vergara, 40, who already has a 21-year-old son, told the publication, “They want to get as many good …
As reported in an article in the Opinion section of the New York Times, the American Society For Reproductive Medicine no longer considers egg freezing for fertility preservation as experimental.
"In our fertility-obsessed society, women can’t escape the message that it’s harder to get pregnant after 35. And yet, it’s not a conversation patients are having with the doctors they …