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Getting Started with Egg Freezing

If you’re interested in egg freezing (oocyte cryopreservation), your first step is to locate a fertility clinic or reproductive endocrinologist experienced in this process. Many fertility clinics offer this new procedure. If you’ve recently been diagnosed with cancer or another disease in which the treatment (chemotherapy, radiation, or medication) harms ovarian function, discuss oocyte cryopreservation with your doctor or oncologist. She or he should be able to refer you for a ‘fast track’ egg freezing and connect you to a reputable cryopreservation clinic.

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Freezing Your Eggs: Who and Why

While egg freezing has received much press as the latest tool to slow the ticking of our reproductive clocks, it remains an investigational procedure. An estimated 600 births worldwide have been reported using frozen eggs since 1986, most of which have been in the last few years thanks to advancing egg freezing technologies.

The success of egg freezing depends on many factors including a woman’s age when her eggs are extracted, the freezing and thawing methods used, her age when she attempts pregnancy using her preserved eggs, and the sperm’s condition.

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Fertility Doctor of the Month: Zsolt Peter Nagy, Ph.D.

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Zsolt Peter Nagy, Ph.D., Reproductive Biology Associates, Atlanta, GA

April 2012

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Routine Counseling on Fertility Preservation Needed for Young Women with Cancer

News Medical,  Mar 28, 2012
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Freezing Eggs, Embryos, Poses Legal Concerns

The Vancouver Sun,  Mar 17, 2012
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Fertility Risks Being Discussed with Young Cancer Patients

Submitted by claire on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 12:27

The importance of educating cancer patients about fertility preservation options has been in the news quite a bit lately, with worries that young men and women aren't getting the information they need about options such as egg freezing or sperm freezing, along with referrals to fertility doctors for care. For example, research has shown that only half of women under 40 diagnosed with breast cancer felt they had adequately discussed fertility preservation options before treatment.

In the past, physicians strictly focused on survival for young cancer patients However, advancements in cancer treatment mean patients today lead long, cancer-free lives. Fertility preservation can lead to improved quality of life for these young cancer patients.

Cancer Treatment Now Includes Fertility Planning

Women's E News,  Feb 22, 2012
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The Vitrification Fertility Option

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Having a Baby in Year of the Dragon Is Too Lucky to Be Left to Chance

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Women with Cancer Want to Know Options for Fertility Preservation

Female cancer survivors express their frustrations in new study

Young female cancer survivors are concerned about their future fertility and want better information and guidance about fertility preservation options, according to a new study published online the Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Today, many more adolescents and young people are surviving cancer, and these young, female cancer survivors are less likely to have biological children because of the effects of the cancer treatments. Many fertility doctors and advocates are working to promote awareness of fertility preservation techniques such as egg freezing, an option that has improved dramatically over the last few years due to a faster freezing technique called vitrification. Fertility doctors stimulate a woman’s ovaries to produce eggs with fertility drugs and retrieve them in the same manner as is performed for in vitro fertilization (IVF).

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