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The Fertile Life · Episode 21
Fertility preservation in the face of a cancer diagnosis
with Dr. Mitchell Rosen, Oncofertility specialist
How rapid-cycle IVF and ovarian tissue freezing protect future fertility — even on a tight oncology timeline.
January 2026 49 minTreatment
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Key takeaways
- 01
Fertility preservation almost never delays cancer treatment.
- 02
Random-start protocols make egg retrieval possible at any cycle phase.
- 03
Ovarian tissue freezing is a powerful option for some patients, especially adolescents.
- 04
Every newly diagnosed patient deserves a fertility consult — period.
Transcript
Dr. Ghadir
Mitchell, thank you for being here. Every week I see patients who were given a cancer diagnosis and were never told that fertility preservation was an option. That has to change.
Dr. Rosen
And the misconception we have to keep fighting is that preservation delays treatment. With modern random-start protocols, we can begin stimulation on almost any day of the cycle. We're talking ten to fourteen days, and oncology can move forward in parallel.
Dr. Ghadir
For patients who don't have ten days — or for adolescent patients who can't undergo retrieval — ovarian tissue freezing has become a real option. The science has matured dramatically over the last decade.
Dr. Ghadir
If you take one thing from this episode: every newly diagnosed patient of reproductive age deserves a fertility consult before their first chemotherapy infusion. That's the standard we should all be holding ourselves to.
Transcript edited for clarity. The audio is the authoritative source.
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