Oncofertility

Cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery, may destroy a person's ability to have children later in life, and oncofertility research focuses on increasing fertility preservation options.

As cancer survivorship increases, the preservation of fertility in women, men, and children becomes a critically important topic to patients and their families.

The ability to easily preserve fertility prior to cancer treatment can provide hope at the time of diagnosis for families later in life.

Oncofertility also incorporates reproductive issues after cancer treatment, such as family planning, complex contraception, hormonal management throughout survivorship, surrogacy, and adoption.

[3] Experimental techniques include ovarian tissue banking in which an ovary is surgically removed and frozen to be transplanted back into the woman when she is ready to have children.