New ovarian tissue freezing progamme launched

17 January 2019

A new ovarian tissue freezing programme, designed to help women and girls about to be treated for cancer to preserve their fertility, will be led by UCL academic Dr Paul Hardiman and the Royal Free Hospital in London.

The service, which is the first in the UK to be fully funded by the NHS, will enable specialists in cancer and blood disorders to refer patients to the Royal Free London ahead of their cancer treatments for ovarian tissue freezing and later implantation to restore their fertility and/or prevent early menopause. The new service will be offered to patients within the North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (Islington, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Barnet) but is planned to expand across the UK soon.

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