Chemotherapy-Induced Infertility May be a Thing of the Past

Carly Byrd, right, undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer

About 11,000 women under the age of 40 get diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the United States.

Having breast cancer is devastating enough, no matter what age you are, but chemotherapy to fight the cancer also causes yet another health problem, infertilty.

For young women with breast cancer that still want to be mothers, this is the worst news a girl could possibly get.

Carly Byrd was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 25, and has been battling the disease for four years now. She is now going through chemotherapy to stop her cancer, but before treatment, Carly took a major step to preserve her fertility: cryopreservation.

To learn more about ways to preserve fertility during chemo, read the full article: Breast Cancer and Infertility - Young Patients Fight to Become Mothers