Cancer survivor gives birth after ovary ‘vitrification’

(ANSA) – Rome, November 5 – A Milan cancer patient gave birth October 26 in Milan in what was the first-ever use in Italy of a technique to freeze ovaries known as vitrification. The announcement was made by the Genera laboratory, which the woman had made recourse to. The new mother chose the technique in 2008 to enable her to have children in the future after she was diagnosed with border-line ovarian cancer, which required therapy with a high risk of rendering her infertile. After her course of treatment, she underwent a procedure to implant an embryo obtained from the insemination of her ovaries frozen five years before. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED