New data show that fertility is possible in women who survive childhood cancer. The challenge is to identify which patients will be left infertile by cancer treatment and who might be able to conceive.
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Woodruff, T. Fertility in female survivors of childhood cancer. Nat Rev Endocrinol 9, 571–572 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2013.170
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