Ovarian transplants are a safe and effective way for women who have had cancer to have their own children, a study shows.<\/p>\n
Danish doctors offered the procedure to 32 women whose cancer therapy had left them at risk of infertility.<\/p>\n
Patients had their ovaries frozen before cancer treatment began. And their own ovarian tissue was then re-implanted once they were well.<\/p>\n
Ten women went on to have successful pregnancies.<\/p>\n
UK experts say the results should prompt more doctors to offer this service.<\/p>\n
In one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, Danish women had whole or part of an ovary removed and frozen in the hope this would protect them from powerful anti-cancer drugs.<\/p>\n
Though ovary freezing and transplantation is available in the UK, it is not common – partly because of concerns that transplants could carry cancerous cells.<\/p>\n