When diagnosing ovarian cancer, as a rule, not only both ovaries are removed, but also the uterus with the fallopian tubes, which makes subsequent pregnancy impossible. Freezing eggs for cancer will also fail – the preparation procedure takes a lot of time, and this cannot be lost. This was told socialbites.ca by SM-Clinic’s chief oncologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences Professor Alexander Seryakov.
“It is clear that if both the ovaries and the uterus are removed, pregnancy becomes impossible. Cryopreservation of eggs in patients with ovarian cancer is practically not performed, since this technique involves hormonal stimulation of the patient’s ovarian function to mature several follicles in the body, this takes at least 2 weeks, their collection and rapid freezing and placement of cryo storage in a diagnosis of ovarian cancer It is very important to start treatment in the female case and the strategic goal is to save the patient’s life himself,” he explained.
Therefore, especially women with a family history of ovarian cancer need to carefully monitor their health.
“For a woman, regularly visiting a gynecologist as part of a medical examination or occupational examination is as necessary as brushing her teeth every day,” Seryakov emphasized.
Earlier, American oncologists recommended that women who no longer plan to have children and are preparing for any operations on the pelvic organs also remove the fallopian tubes to prevent ovarian cancer – where tumors begin to grow in the tubes in most cases . For more information on how Russian experts view this measure, see. material “socialbites.ca”.