From: Fertility News From Medical News Today
Whether they can have children is one of the major concerns for
adult survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer because
fertility can be compromised by cancer treatment. For cancer
survivors who can have children, two new studies led by researchers
at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center may help alleviate fears
that their childhood disease will adversely impact their newborns.
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