Wednesday, 23 November 2016

Teenage girls with cancer routinely 'not offered' chance to freeze eggs on NHS

Teenage girls with cancer routinely 'not offered' chance to freeze eggs on NHS Teenage girls suffering from cancer are not being offered the same chance to preserve their ability to have children as male patients, a leading fertility expert has said.

While NHS hospitals regularly offer young men facing chemotherapy the chance to freeze their sperm, many routinely fail to remind female patients that they can cryopreserve their eggs. The Daily Telegraph

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