This seems very overwhelming. Have others been through this?
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Each year, cancer strikes 1 in 300 children and adolescents under the age of 20. The most common childhood cancers are leukemia, cancers of the nervous system, lymphomas, soft tissue sarcomas, kidney cancer, and bone cancer. Leukemia accounts for 31% of all cancer cases in children under the age of 15.
Yet 75% of these children are expected to survive the disease and its treatment. Thus, 1 in every 450 young adults is likely to be a cancer survivor whose family has been faced with the same issues and decisions you are facing now.
Click on the link to the right for a list of questions to ask your child’s doctor to help you decide what fertility preservation options may be available to your child.