If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer and want to preserve your fertility, turn to CARE Fertility in Bedford and Fort Worth, Texas. The highly trained reproductive endocrinologists and infertility specialists offer oncofertility treatment options to help you conceive a baby after completing cancer treatment. Schedule an evaluation by calling the office or booking one online today.
Oncofertility at CARE Fertility is a branch of medicine that bridges oncology and reproductive endocrinology, maximizing your ability to have children after a cancer diagnosis. Oncofertility can provide the opportunity to have a family after undergoing radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or surgery that diminishes your ability to become pregnant (or impregnate your partner).
The CARE Fertility experts meet with you to discuss if you (or your partner) are a candidate for oncofertility treatment based on your diagnosis and the treatment you plan to undergo. They discuss your options to find one that’s the most appropriate based on your needs and family planning goals.
Examples of fertility preservation methods available at CARE Fertility include:
Ovarian transposition moves your ovaries out of your pelvis using surgical techniques, reducing the risk of radiation damage to the ovaries during cancer treatment to preserve fertility.
Shielding your pelvic or genital region with a lead apron during radiation therapy helps minimize radiation’s damaging effects on the testes or ovaries.
Gonadotropin agonist injections help down-regulate the activity of the testes or ovaries prior to chemotherapy. This may contribute to less damage to these organs during cancer treatment.
You can have your eggs extracted, frozen, and stored before undergoing cancer treatment and use them later via in vitro fertilization (IVF) to start or expand your family.
Embryo banking freezes and stores healthy fertilized eggs (embryos) until you’re ready to use them.
CARE Fertility’s experts can retrieve sperm from a man’s testes or epididymis, freeze it, and store the sperm for future use via sperm banking.
An oncofertility specialist can surgically remove and freeze ovarian or testicular tissues, later transplanting them back into the body to produce eggs or sperm after cancer treatment.
If you’re unable to use your or your partner's eggs or sperm to conceive a child, CARE Fertility offers healthy donor eggs, donor embryos, and donor sperm to aid in successful family planning after cancer treatment.
CARE Fertility offers opportunities for surrogacy (having someone else carry your fetus) for people unable to carry a baby because of cancer treatment-related infertility.
Take advantage of oncofertility services at CARE Fertility by calling the nearest office or requesting an appointment online today.