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Letters Preserving fertility in girls with cancer

Young people with cancer lack clear information about preserving fertility

BMJ 2017; 356 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i6790 (Published 10 January 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;356:i6790
  1. Ceinwen Giles, director of partnerships and evaluation
  1. Shine Cancer Support, Poole, UK
  1. ceinwen{at}shinecancersupport.org

Anderson and Davies raise several important issues about fertility preservation in young women.1 They note that provision of fertility preservation for women undergoing cancer treatment in the UK is haphazard. NICE guidelines on fertility recommend offering oocyte or embryo cryopreservation to women of reproductive …

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