<unk>  can increase the chance of a future pregnancy for three key groups of women: # those diagnosed with cancer who have not yet begun chemotherapy or radiotherapy; # those undergoing treatment with assisted reproductive technologies who do not consider embryo freezing an option; and # those who would like to preserve their future ability to have children, either because they do not yet have a partner, or for other personal or medical reasons. Over 50,000 reproductive-age women are diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are toxic for<unk> s, leaving few, if any, viable eggs. Egg-freezing offers women with cancer the chance to preserve their eggs so that they can attempt to have children in the future.<unk>  is an option for individuals undergoing IVF who object, either for religious or ethical reasons, to the practice of freezing embryos. Having the option to fertilize only as many eggs as will be utilized in the IVF process, and then freeze any remaining unfertilized eggs can be a solution. In this way, there are no excess embryos created, and there need not be any disposal of unused frozen embryos, a practice which can create complex choices for certain individuals. Additionally, women with a family history of early menopause might have an interest in fertility preservation. With egg freezing, there will be a frozen store of eggs, in the likelihood that their eggs are depleted at an early age.
Oocyte cryopreservation
Embryo cryopreservation
Egg donation
Fetal surgery
Assisted zona hatching
Gonadotropin preparations
Fertility preservation
Embryo transfer