Fertility Preservation by Ovarian and Oocyte Cryopreservation

Success rates of cancer treatment have increased significantly resulting in many girls and young women who are treated now and will be cancer survivors. Nevertheless, cancer treatment may result in long term side effects. Damage to the ovaries may result in serious difficulty to become pregnant in the future. The risk of this happening depends, among others upon patient's age, disease and type of treatment she undergoes. Medical research is continuously looking into ways to preserve female fertility by using less toxic protocols. Yet, keeping your eggs outside the body during treatment is an interesting option which as is routine for boys preserving sperm before cancer treatment. This research attempts to freeze eggs either in the ovarian tissue or individually.