Adolescent girls facing the prospect of pelvic radiation can have their ovaries moved temporarily outside the radiation field. Or ovarian tissue can be removed and frozen in hopes that research now being pursued will one day allow viable eggs to be developed in the laboratory.
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 - Page 16 News List
When cancer gets in the way of family planning
Loss of fertility among cancer sufferers is often overlooked by doctors and patients, who may survive their disease but be left unable to reproduce
By Jane E. Brody / NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , NEW YORK
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