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1. I am unsure whether to have iodine treatment for thyroid cancer. Will it affect my fertility?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

2. Does chemotherapy affect fertility? My boyfriend, aged 25, is about to have chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma. We are planning to get married next year and would like to have children in the future.

last reviewed: 01.11.2004

3. I am going to have chemotherapy after surgery for breast cancer. Will the chemotherapy affect my fertility?

last reviewed: 14.04.2006

4. If one or other parent has had chemotherapy in the past does this increase the risk of birth defects in any children they have in the future.

last reviewed: 27.01.2005

5. I am a man of 25 and I may need to have chemotherapy for my cancer. My doctors have said this could affect my fertility but I could have sperm banking. What does this mean?

last reviewed: 27.01.2005

6. My sister has had surgery to remove a thyroid cancer. They are now talking about giving her radioiodine treatment. She is only 25. Will she still be able to have children after this treatment?

last reviewed: 01.06.2006

7. I am going to have chemotherapy. My doctors have said the treatment could make me infertile. Is it possible to have my ovaries banked?

last reviewed: 04.05.2006

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