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New Tool Guides Doctors To Save Cancer Patients' Fertility
Catherine McDiarmid-Watt |
Friday, February 27, 2009 |
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ScienceDaily (Feb. 26, 2009) — The powerful chemotherapy and radiation used to save cancer patients' lives can also destroy their fertility.
Research in a new field called oncofertility has advanced the ability of doctors to preserve the reproductive health of women, men and children who are diagnosed with cancer. Yet, many oncologists aren't familiar with these new strategies to help their patients.
Full story: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226122728.htm
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About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost that precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted that there will be no more babies in our house.
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ScienceDaily (Feb. 26, 2009) — The powerful chemotherapy and radiation used to save cancer patients' lives can also destroy their fertility.
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