Fertility Preservation Programs - Cancer Support And Future Planning

Certain cancers and their treatment can affect fertility in males and females. Read more about this in How Cancer and Cancer Treatment Can Affect Fertility. When a person with cancer wants to have children after treatment ends, some planning is needed. Sometime this involves fertility preservation. Fertility preservation is when eggs, sperm, or reproductive tissue are saved or protected so that a person can use them to have children in the future. Fertility preservation for females with cancer
Certain types of cancer surgery can result in the removal of organs needed for pregnancy, and certain treatments might change hormone levels or cause damage to a female's eggs. These effects result in some females losing their fertility during treatment that can be either temporary or permanent. Some women may choose to take steps that might help preserve their fertility so they can try to have children after treatment. Cryopreservation (freezing embryos or eggs)is an effective way to help preserve fertility for female, and semen sample freezing for males, prior to cancer therapy