A child’s right to fertility preservation when undergoing sterilising chemotherapy
Ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC), harvesting and freezing ovarian tissue, is the most promising complication-free strategy to preserve potential fertility in pre-pubescent girls undergoing sterilising chemotherapy, according to a 13 year study by Fanny Chambon et al. in the journal, Human Fertility .Almost 80% of children and adolescents currently treated for cancer or leukaemia will be long term survivors. Paediatric oncologists are concerned that side effects such as low fertility, infertility and early menopause can