Baby After Breast Cancer--The Fertility Center of Charleston Offers Fertility Preservation

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Oct. 15, 2014 - PRLog -- Breast cancer affects one in eight women. For those women diagnosed at a young age, a major concern is the ability to conceive after treatment.   Through fertility preservation offered at The Fertility Center of Charleston, women have a chance to start a family after cancer; despite the affects treatments can have on fertility.   Dr. Stephanie Singleton explains,  “Some treatments like chemotherapy and radiation can have an adverse affect on a woman’s fertility.  Egg Freezing is a procedure that will enable the woman to have a family after cancer.   We often treat patients right after diagnosis, but before their cancer therapy begins.”

 Egg freezing or oocyte preservation is the process in which a woman’s healthy, viable eggs are retrieved before the cancer treatment begins.   These eggs are preserved for later use.  The preservation process consists of cryopreserving (freezing) eggs which can later be thawed, fertilized, and placed back inside the uterus when a woman is finished with cancer therapy and ready to start a family.  The frozen oocytes have no expiration date. Dr. Singleton, the only board certified female physician locally offering this procedure, works with local oncologists to insure that breast cancer patient gets the best care possible at a minimal cost.   She states, “For many of these women, time and money are factors they have to consider.  Many need to start treatment immediately, so we offer them same day appointments.    We help them understand the procedure, and hopefully make this part of their cancer journey stress free.”

 The Fertility Center of Charleston is located in Mt. Pleasant and serves patients across the state and in Georgia.   To learn more about fertility preservation, log onto www.fertilitycharleston.com.