As a person ages, he will have medical challenges that have to be overcome and one of these is cancer. Cancer is one of diseases that is hard to bear however, when determined at an early stage, it can be cured and remedied. One of its most common type is Hodgkin’s Disease. This is often seen in women ages 15-24 and in men ages 15-35. This has excellent survival rate of 90%. Other issues are not only on the cancer stage but after the cancer treatment. Fertility is the most in question and pregnancy after cancer treatment.
Cancer treatment takes the form of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. Sometimes it is a combination of all three. However, all these three have significant effect on the fertility of the cancer survivor. Although the affected region is far from the reproductive organs, the medication itself can give difficulty for a person to retain fertility.
There are available options however that can be done to make pregnancy possible after cancer treatment. These are the ff:
With this options, pregnancy could be possible after cancer treatment and establish a new life for the cancer survivor.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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