Cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, radiation and surgery, can affect fertility in women and girls, said James Benson, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Saskatchewan. (Ian Waldie/Getty Images - image credit)A team at the University of Saskatchewan wants to develop a service to help young ovarian cancer survivors have kids. Researchers are trying to establish a reproductive cryobiology research program, which would allow girls diagnosed with ovarian cancer to freeze their ovarian tissue, so they could still have children after treatment. LISTEN | U of S research hopes to give women and girls with ovarian cancer a chance to have children after their treatment:Cryobiology focuses on biological samples in lower-than-normal temperatures. A provincial ovarian tissue cryopreservation program does not exist in Saskatchewan, Benson said, and there is limited funding for things like fertility egg freezing.

Source: CBC News October 11, 2023 11:13 UTC