UF Health reproductive medicine physicians offer immediate counseling and care for male and female cancer patients for fertility issues and fertility preservation. For patients who have been diagnosed with cancer, discussing treatment options with his or her physician may bring more question than answers, such as how cancer treatment will effect fertility and what options are available to preserve fertility.

UF Health reproductive endocrinologists and infertility specialists evaluate and treat female and male cancer patients for fertility issues and fertility preservation. Infertility may be caused directly by a cancer of the reproductive system or indirectly by treatment for cancer elsewhere in the body. We offer several clinical and research options for men and women with cancer who face potential loss of fertility from chemotherapy and radiation therapy, including treatments available only through clinical trials.

Infertility may be caused directly by the cancer or result from the necessary treatments. We offer several clinical and research options for men and women with cancer who face potential loss of fertility from chemotherapy and radiation therapy, including treatments available only through collaborative research studies. We are a site for the NIH-funded Oncofertility Consortium ovarian tissue freezing project.

Fertility preservation options available at UF Health include:

• Sperm banking
• Emergency in vitro fertilization (IVF)
• Egg freezing
• Ovarian tissue freezing with transplantation or IVF
• Hormonal therapies
• Repositioning of ovaries
• Donor eggs

Funding may be available through various on-line charities/organizations to help cover the cost of medications and storage fees. We also have patient consult support funding via donations from the Climb For Cancer Foundation.

Our multidisciplinary treatment team

Our specialized physicians participate in cancer multidisciplinary treatment teams so that fertility experts can be an integral part of evaluation and treatment.

Our program provides:

• Fellowship trained, board-certified/board eligible physicians in female reproductive endocrinology and infertility
• Fellowship trained, board-certified male infertility and microsurgery specialist
• Board-certified embryologist/andrologist
• In vitro fertilization nurse coordinator
• Reproductive endocrinology and infertility nurse coordinator
• Advanced nurse practitioner for clinical research trials
• Nursing coordinator for clinical research trials
• In vitro fertilization laboratory

Comprehensive patient care

As a member of the Oncofertility Consortium, the division is part of a nationwide initiative dedicated to the advancement of technologies that will provide improved fertility preservation options for cancer patients.

Fertility preservation options include the following:

• Sperm banking
• Emergency in vitro fertilization (IVF)
• Egg freezing
• Ovarian tissue freezing with transplantation or IVF
• Hormonal therapies
• Repositioning of ovaries
• Donor eggs
• Donor sperm
• Emergency testicular sperm extraction (PESA or TESE)
• Electroejaculation or vibratory ejaculation

Oncofertility consortium

For patients who have been diagnosed with cancer, discussing treatment options with his or her physician may bring more question than answers, such as how cancer treatment will effect fertility and what options are available to preserve fertility.

UF physicians in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility offer the following options for men and women who are faced with a cancer diagnosis and would like to preserve his or her fertility:

• Options for men

To help answer some of these questions, there is oncofertility, an interdisciplinary and interprofessional approach to developing and providing new fertility preservation options to young men, women, and children who have been diagnosed with cancer or other serious diseases and who must undergo potentially fertility-threatening treatment.