Cancer doesn't have to ruin your dreams of having a child. Women's Health Forum talks

• Chemotherapy and radiotherapy administered to oncological patients cause significant or complete impairment of fertility. However, it is possible to preserve it.
• In women, it is possible to harvest ovarian tissue and freeze the eggs. In men, sperm can be preserved through freezing.
• - When the patient is considered cured after undergoing oncological therapy, we fertilize the eggs, create embryos and inject them into the uterine cavity, creating a pregnancy - explains Dr. Patrycja Sodowska, medical director of the Invimed Clinic in Katowice.
• In the case of ovarian tissue transplantation, natural pregnancies are also possible.
• The government in vitro support program launched in June 2024 also includes fertility protection procedures for oncological patients (onofertility).

"Our data shows that patients whose fertility has been preserved return approximately 3-4 years after starting treatment. The first births under the government fertility preservation program can therefore be expected in 2028," says Dr. Patrycja Sodowska, obstetrician-gynecologist, specialist in gynecological endocrinology and reproductive medicine, and medical director of the Invimed Clinic in Katowice.

*The interview was conducted during the Women's Health Forum (Katowice, June 9-10, 2025).

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