04/02/2026
Advances in Cancer Care treatment have significantly improved survival as well as chances of becoming a parents using their own Fertility through Fertility Preservation
Q: How does cancer treatment impact fertility in women?
A: Fertility may be impaired by surgical removal or damage to reproductive organ. Apart from surgery, chemotherapy and radiation can damage the ovaries, reducing the number and quality of eggs. This may cause difficulty becoming pregnant, irregular periods or early menopause. Radiation to the pelvic area can also affect the uterus, making it harder to carry a pregnancy. The impact varies—some women regain fertility after treatment, while majority may not.
Q: How does cancer treatment affect fertility in men?
A: In men, cancer treatments can reduce s***m count or stop s***m production altogether. Chemotherapy and radiation may damage the cells that produce s***m, while surgery involving the testicles or prostate can affect fertility.
Q: What are fertility preservation options in adult males?
For men, s***m banking is a common and effective option. S***m banking involves freezing multiple ej******ed semen sample.
Q: What are fertility preservation options in adult female?
In female with a partner, embryo (made with wife’s eggs and partners s***ms) cryopreservation is the best option.
For those females without partners, oocyte (Egg) cryopreservation is the treatment of choice.
Q: How is embryo and egg cryopreservation done?
In is process, female patient is given injection for 9-10 days to develop multiple follicles, eggs from these follicles are collected.
In egg freezing, these are frozen.
For embryo freezing, these eggs are fertilized with partner’s s***ms, embryos are made and grown in lab and are frozen at appropriate stage.
The freezing is done by a process called vitrification, in which they are stored at -196 degree celsius with the help of liquid nitrogen.
