Selection tool accurately predicts ovarian damage in girls with cancer

(European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) Cancer treatments can cause premature ovarian failure (POI) including in girls who want to become mothers eventually. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC) provides a future fertility option but is invasive, has risks and evidence indicates that most girls don't develop POI. So, doctors face the dilemma of how to offer OTC appropriately. An assessment tool has been found to help predict correctly which female cancer patients aged under 18 years will develop POI and should therefore be offered OTC.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news