A great news for all those who are suffering from any type of cancer and intend to have children: there is the possibility of frozen semen or vitrificar eggs to used these tissues, in future, be able to have children through insemination in-vitro.
This treatment represents a hope for any cancer patient who sees how chemotherapy sharply decrease chances of power fathering children in the future, after overcoming the illness.
through the agreement that IVI (instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad) and the Spanish Association against cancer launched already in 2008, more than two hundred people suffering from cancer have been subjected to techniques for preserving fertility before commencing a treatment of chemotherapy.
while to the freezing of sperm is commonplace for yearswomen didn’t have it so easy;the vitrification of eggs is a relatively new treatment that takes just two years offered on Spain.
By this technique, there is a sixty percent possibility of pregnancy in the first attempt, and an eighty-one ninety percent counting all the attempts. If it also preserves part of the ovarian tissue, the possibilities are even greater.
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Tags: assisted reproduction, cancer treatments, vitrification egg
