Fertility Preservation

A decision-analytic model revealed that the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision to grant personhood status to embryos created using IVF corresponded with fewer IVF cycles, fewer live births and no change in adoptions.

DENVER — Women with cancer had similar serious adverse event risk as women without cancer after undergoing fertility preservation procedures, according to study results presented at the ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo.

DENVER — In a survey of U.S. medical trainees, many respondents reported concerns about their or their partner’s future fertility and expressed interest in oocyte cryopreservation, but were unaware of available treatment options.

DENVER — Providing mail-in testing for infertility workup improved time to completion of semen analysis compared with traditional testing in a fertility clinic, according to data presented at the ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo.

DENVER — Exposure to testosterone therapy did not impact outcomes related to egg freezing for transgender men who sought fertility preservation treatment, researchers reported.

Prior testosterone exposure did not impact oocyte cryopreservation outcomes among transgender and gender-diverse adolescents and young adults, according to a research letter published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

CHICAGO — The majority of young breast cancer survivors who attempted pregnancy became pregnant, according to prospective study results scheduled for presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting.

This year’s San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium featured several high-impact abstracts.

An estimated 18.1 million cancer survivors live in the United States, and that number is expected to exceed 22 million by 2030.

As the number of young cancer survivors continues to increase, so do the myriad of survivorship issues throughout their life span, including reproductive health concerns.