Fertility Preservation is an Option for Cancer Patients

From an article in the June 2012 Ob.Gyn. News:

Fertility preservation for young women facing cancer therapy has garnered endorsements from leading medical groups in oncology and reproductive medicine, and it isn’t in the experimental stages anymore, interviews with experts suggest.

"There is more literature coming out showing that egg freezing does work," said Dr. Clarisa R. Gracia, director …

Better freezing techniques and avoiding hyperstimulation make donor egg banks a viable option

This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.


Until recently egg donation required that a …

Frozen donor eggs now available through RPMG

Until recently all egg donation was done in a fresh IVF cycle which required both the donor and recipient to have their cycles suppressed over a lengthy period of time so that they will be in sync. 

 

Now, thanks to technology that allows eggs to be frozen, frozen eggs are available which can be used in a much quicker

Can embryos created by frozen (vitrified) eggs be re-frozen?

This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.


According to a study reported at ASRM