NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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- fertility preservation
- listen (fer-TIH-lih-tee PREH-zer-VAY-shun)
- A type of procedure used to help keep a person’s ability to have children. A fertility preservation procedure is done before a medical treatment that may cause infertility, such as radiation therapy or chemotherapy. Examples of fertility preservation procedures include sperm banking, egg freezing, in vitro fertilization with embryo freezing, and certain types of surgery for cervical and ovarian cancer.