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2004 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An Italian cryopreservation program gives women with cancer hope for future pregnancies.
E. Porcu, of the University of Bologna, and colleagues recently published positive findings for women diagnosed with cancer.
"Our experience documents that oocyte storage may be a concrete and pragmatic alternative for oncological patients. The duration of oocyte storage does not seem to interfere with oocyte survival as pregnancies occurred even after several years of gamete cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen," they wrote.
"The use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in oncological patients may reduce their reproductive potential. Sperm cryopreservation has been already used in men affected by neoplastic disease. Oocyte cryopreservation might be an important solution for these patients at risk of losing ovarian function," the researchers said.
"A program of oocyte cryopreservation for oncological patients is also present in our center. From June 1996 to January 2000, 18 patients awaiting ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Oocyte cryopreservation gives cancer patients hope.