Cancer treatment affects fertility in females: Informs doctors
India TV NewsCancer treatments are important for improving one’s quality of life after cancer, but they may take a toll on the reproductive organs ad and glands related to fertility. One will have to speak to the fertility consultant before undergoing cancer treatment and opt for egg freezing that can help her become pregnant in the future and fulfil her dream of motherhood. Dr. Prashant Mullerpatan MS, FRCS Consultant Oncosurgeon, Apollo Spectra Hospital, Mumbai, said, “A woman diagnosed with cancer will have to either take chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, surgery, or a transplant. The healthy eggs can get depleted in the ovaries due to chemotherapy.” Dr. Richa Jagtap, Clinical Director & Consultant Reproductive Medicine, NOVA IVF Fertility, Mumbai said, “A woman’s fertility depends on whether her reproductive organs are working properly.
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