Cancer Fertility and Me
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    • About this website
    • Decisions before, during and after treatment
    • Using this website to help make decisions
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  • Cancer & fertility
    • Cancer, fertility and the reproductive system
    • How cancer treatments affect fertility
    • Chemotherapy
    • Radiotherapy
    • Surgery
    • Hormone therapy
    • Targeted drug therapies
    • Questions to ask
  • Fertility preservation
    • Fertility preservation options
    • Summary of fertility preservation options
    • No fertility preservation
    • Egg freezing
    • Embryo freezing
    • Ovarian tissue freezing
    • Ovarian suppression
    • Cancer-specific fertility sparing options
    • Other cancer treatments
    • Questions to ask your cancer & fertility care teams
  • Contraception & family planning
    • Contraception & family planning
    • Contraception during cancer treatment
    • Family planning decisions after cancer treatment
    • Questions to ask your cancer care team or GP
  • Making your decision
    • Making your fertility preservation decision
    • Talking with your fertility care team
    • Talking with others
    • Questions to ask your cancer care team or GP
    • Financial costs of fertility preservation
    • Summary of fertility preservation options
  • More information
    • Useful contacts
    • The CFM team
    • Our external partners
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Fibroids

Non-cancerous growths that develop in or around the womb.

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Cancer, Fertility and Me – Patient Decision Aid (version 4.0) – this online version was published and last amended in July 2020. Review date July 2021. See update policy.

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Every effort has been made to provide accurate and complete information at the date of publication. However, errors can occur. If you have any questions, please ask your cancer care team and fertility care team for more information. July 2020.

Production of this website was supported by Yorkshire Cancer Research and the University of Edinburgh

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