Fertility Hope for Cancer Patients
After extensive amounts of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, cancer patients tend to lose their chances of fertility. The strong treatments save their lives but destroy their fertility. Oncologists have developed a chemo-treatment that may preserve cancer survivors fertility. These researchers are hoping to bring awareness to patients and doctors not familiar with fertility in the oncology world.
Science Daily reports on Oncofertility, "A leading oncofertility researcher and a breast surgical oncologist from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have written a guide to help doctors navigate their patients through the new technologies to preserve their fertility and understand the fertility threats posed by cancer treatments. The guide, based on the latest research, offers strategies based on each kind of cancer, age and gender of the patient."
These oncofertility doctors are urging oncologists to break away from past traditions of throwing young women and men into chemo and radiation, and instead opt for surgery to remove the cancer. They are hoping this new mindset and type of cancer treatment coupled with freezing embryos can preserve fertility, especially for young cancer patients.
Posted by Tala on 2/27/2009 10:05:50 AM
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