She acknowledges the technique might itself be used to treat some infertility, particularly in young people made
sterile by cancer treatments.
«Impaired fertility brought
about by cancer treatment leads to long - term psychological distress and lowered quality of life for cancer patients of a reproductive age.
Pembrolizumab, or pembro, an immunotherapy drug that unmasks cancer cells and allows the body's own immune system to help destroy tumors, appears to be safe in treating lung cancers, according to a
study by Cancer Treatment Centers of America ® (CTCA) at Western Regional Medical Center (Western) in Goodyear, Arizona.
Hemorrhagic cystitis is usually caused
by cancer treatments such as chemotherapy or pelvic radiation treatments and typically goes away once the chemotherapy or radiation treatment causing the condition is stopped.
Natallie Evans's legal bid to have a child using embryos which were frozen before she was made
infertile by cancer treatment has been knocked back by the Grand Chamber of the European Court.
The scientists recently received a five - year, $ 1.6 million grant from the National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research, a part of the National Institutes of Health, to study stem cells that may restore salivary gland tissue
damaged by cancer treatment.
In the analysis of 23 relevant studies, investigators found that many clinicians are broadly informed about the risk to their patients» fertility brought
about by cancer treatment, but many factors hinder the appropriate discussions and referrals needed to provide adequate fertility support to patients of reproductive age.
However, Professor Anderson stressed that the results of the study related only to subsequent pregnancy itself, and not to the incidence of infertility
caused by cancer treatment.
Other clinical trials in cancer patients have studied the effects of acupuncture on cancer symptoms and side effects caused
by cancer treatment, including weight loss, cough, coughing up blood, fever, anxiety, depression, proctitis, speech problems, blocked esophagus, and hiccups.