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...Still, fertility specialists agree that ovarian transplantation may be vital for patients suffering from life-threatening diseases. "It's a no-brainer that we should offer this to cancer patients," says Silber...
...cancer recurred. Tucker was then scheduled for a bone-marrow transplant, full-body radiation and additional chemotherapy. But a couple of days before her bone-marrow transplant was to take place, a nurse practitioner happened to mention a lecture she had heard given by a local fertility specialist, Dr. Silber. Until then, Tucker had not once considered her fertility or, for that matter, anything else but the cancer treatment at hand...
...quickly. Tucker was able to have her ovary removed right away - unlike harvesting eggs, which can take weeks - and that meant she could begin her cancer treatment without delay. It would take another decade for Tucker to start thinking about children or reimplanting the ovarian tissue. "Basically, Dr. Silber had said, 'It doesn't matter when you put it back in. It's the ovary of a 20-year-old,' " Tucker says...
...Silber says without hesitation that he would help all women who wish to preserve their fertility this way - as long as patients were fully aware of the potential risks of ovary removal, which include early menopause. In fact, Silber is currently awaiting Institutional Review Board approval to perform ovary-tissue transplants for seven nonidentical twin pairs who have asked for it. (The potential transplant patients are Orthodox Jews, who for religious reasons are prohibited from using donor eggs.) He estimates that he should be able to perform the surgeries within a matter of months. "I know there will be people...
...original version of this article neglected to mention the context in which Dr. Silber hopes to perform ovary-tissue transplants for seven nonidentical twin pairs: to restore fertility in women whose religion prohibits them from using donor eggs. The article has been modified to include that information...