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How do I schedule an appointment?
- To schedule a consultation appointment at UNC's Fertility Preservation Program, please call at (919) 966-1150. When you are scheduling the appointment, be sure to mention that you are a cancer patient and we will do our best to see you as soon as possible. Please be prepared to fax any pertinent medical records to (919) 966-5214 so that our consultation can be as informative as possible. Also, feel free to email us with any questions about the program.
If I have a hormone sensitive cancer, like breast cancer, are there fertility preservation options available to me?
- Traditional IVF does cause estrogen levels to rise above levels from a routine non-IVF ovulatory cycle. However, UNC has a research protocol in place using alternative medications for IVF that greatly reduces the estrogen levels. This protocol has been studied at other centers, and the limited data available to not indicate an increased rate of cancer recurrance. You can discuss this further during a consultation appointment with the Infertility providers at UNC.
I've already had my cancer treatment. How do I tell if I am still fertile? Are there still options available so that I could have children?
- First of all, resuming menstruation or menopausal symptoms can be helpful indicators of fertility potential. However, neither are guaranteed ways of knowing fertility. Also, blood tests, such as FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) or pelvic ultrasound exam may help to gauge your ovarian reserve and reproductive capacity. Depending on the results of these tests, the doctors at UNC's Fertility Preservation program can determine your chances for conception, either on your own, or with treatments (ovarian stimulation medications, inseminations, IVF with your own eggs or with donor eggs, etc).
Will being pregnant in the future affect the chance that my cancer will recur?

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