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Published online 28 June 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050627-6
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Frozen ovary yields healthy baby
Hopes raised for fertility of chemotherapy patients.
The birth of a baby to a cancer survivor has boosted doctors' confidence that they can restore the fertility of female patients who receive chemotherapy. The procedure involves removing and freezing ovarian tissue from a woman before she undergoes intensive treatments, and then surgically replacing this in her body after the therapy ends.
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