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View Full PDFReproductive Questions and Answers for Cancer Survivors
Remember
- The type and amount of chemotherapy affects how well your ovaries will work.
- The treatment for Premature Ovarian Insufficiency is hormone therapy.
- Talk to your gynecologist about ways to keep your ovaries safe from chemotherapy and/or radiation.
Getting Treatment:
The Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital offers special services in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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 Fertility Treatments |
| Hormones and Ovaries |
Other Fertility Issues |
| Premature Ovarian Insufficiency |
Sex After Cancer |
| Fertility and Pregnancy |
Today, more and more girls are living healthy lives after having cancer. As a cancer survivor, you may have some special concerns about your menstrual periods, fertility, and sexual relationships. This guide was created to help answer your questions about: hormones and ovaries, premature ovarian insufficiency (POI, formerly called premature ovarian failure, or POF), fertility and pregnancy, fertility treatments, other fertility issues, and sexual relationships after cancer.
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Updated: 3/2/2010
