Fertility preservation

Fertility preservation procedures are indicated when it's predicted that there will be exposure to a cause of infertility. Mainly cancer treatment, such as chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery, may destroy a person's ability to have children later in life, and oncofertility research focuses on increasing fertility preservation options. Oncofertility is a subfield that bridges oncology and reproductive research to explore and expand options for the reproductive future of cancer survivors. It is scientifically proven that the number and quality of sex cells decreases with age. That is why this procedure (known as Social freezing) is also used by healthy men and women who want to postpone their parenting on later for any reason. They want to have the certainty of a young and healthy sperm and oocytes at a later age. The main methods of fertility preservation are ovarian protection by GnRH agonists, cryopreservation of ovarian tissue, eggs or sperm, or of embryos after in vitro fertilization. The patient may also choose to use egg or sperm from a donor by third party reproduction rather than having biological children.