Egg Freezing/Oocyte Cyropreservation

Where to start for information on Egg and Ovarian Tissue Freezing:

• Check out the following Creating a Family radio shows:
  • January 18, 2011: Choosing an Egg or Sperm Donor: Medical and Genetic Considerations

  • May 25, 2011: Egg and Ovarian Tissue Freezing

  • February 16, 2011: What Every Patient MUST Know About Eggs and Embryos

  • April 30, 2008: Human Egg Freezing

  • Oct. 24: What's on the Horizon for Infertility Treatment- Dr. Carlene Elsner

Books, Articles, and Other Information on Egg Freezing and Oocyte Preservation:

• Keep in mind the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's position that, "oocyte cryopreservation, or egg freezing, remains an experimental procedure that should not be offered or marketed as a means to defer reproductive aging." http://www.asrm.org/Media/Press/AM07urgecautioneggfreezing.html

• "Egg Freezing and Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation are Safe for Offspring and Offer Advantages for Patients" Press Release by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine summarizing information presented at the Oct. 2007 annual meeting.

• "Fertility preservation and reproduction in cancer patients" is a thorough and insightful summary published in 2005 by The Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

• National Cancer Institute – Fertility Issues

• "Initial experience with a donor egg bank." An abstract of this article which was originally published in Sterility and Fertility.

• "Oocyte cryopreservation as an adjunct to the assisted reproductive technologies". A 2007 letter to the editor in The Medical Journal of Australia, in which the authors state that "oocyte cryopreservation may at last be coming of age."

• "Egg Freezing: Is it Right for You?" article on the The InterNational Council on Infertility Information Dissemination website.