Fertility

Fertility is the ability to have a child naturally. Cancer and its treatments can affect female fertility. The article may be useful for people born with ovaries and a uterus.

Cancer treatment can affect fertility. There are options to preserve fertility. You should discuss these options with your providers before starting treatment when possible.

Male fertility is being able to get someone pregnant. Many types of cancer treatments can affect fertility.

Cancer treatment can impact your fertility. This article outlines options for male fertility preservation.

Treatment for cancer can affect an unborn fetus. In most cases, it is not safe to become pregnant or father a child during cancer treatment. This article provides reasons why you should not become pregnant or father a child during cancer treatment and gives birth control options.

If you are diagnosed with cancer while you are pregnant, your treatment options may be more limited, but your oncology team will work with you to find the best treatment for you and your baby.

Some cancer treatments can cause menopause to start before expected. This article explains how this happens, the symptoms you may have, and how you can manage these symptoms.

Amenorrhea is the medical term used to describe the absence of menses (your period) for three or more consecutive months in women who had previously menstruated, or lack of menstruation by age 15 in adolescent women.

Sterility is the inability for a woman to get pregnant or for a man to impregnate a woman. Sterility can be caused by cancer and by some treatments for cancer.

While preserving fertility is an important topic for families to discuss before cancer treatment begins, it can also lead to some uncomfortable conversations. In this video, former CHOP cancer patients discuss why they made the decision to bank their sperm, and describe what the experience was like for them.