Freezing before cancer treatment
We offer a rapid access freezing service to all patients who have been diagnosed with cancer.
Freezing before cancer treatment may be a good option if you need surgery to remove some cancerous cells, or you may have been advised to start chemotherapy or radiotherapy urgently.
We are here to help advise you on your freezing options to preserve your fertility.
We’ll offer you an appointment with one of our Fertility Consultants within 48 hours of you contacting us. They will carry out a rapid assessment of your situation and discuss your options for freezing, fertility preservation and storage.
We’ll carry out any necessary tests on the same day and can design an individualised program of care based on your diagnosis and needs.
We have specifically tailored programs and information leaflets for young adults needing to freeze eggs or sperm.
Egg Freezing Before Cancer Treatment
If you wish to freeze eggs, we will start the egg freezing treatment process without any delay, regardless of where you are in your cycle.
Most patients need 12 to 14 days of hormone injections to stimulate their ovaries before they are ready to have their eggs collected.
Our protocols are designed to minimise any risk of side-effects or potential harm so that your surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy is not unnecessarily delayed.
In some cases, we can offer two back-to-back ovarian stimulation cycles (Duo Stim). This enables more eggs to be collected before you start your treatment.
Egg Freezing Package
- Nurse consultation
- Viral screening
- HFEA fee
- One counselling session
- Ultrasound & endocrine monitoring of cycle
- Egg collection under sedation
- vitrification of egg
- 1 follow up consultation.
- Not Included:
- Initial investigations
- Medication costs
- Storage
- Any extras not specified
Sperm Freezing Before Cancer Treatment
If you wish to freeze sperm, this can be arranged on the same day you see your Fertility Consultant.
If there’s time before starting your treatment, we can arrange for you to come in on up to three occasions to freeze sperm.
We are also able to offer alternative methods of sperm collection if you have difficulty producing sperm, including sperm retrieval or urine collection (if you suffer from retrograde ejaculation).
If you are too ill to attend the clinic we can arrange to come and collect your sperm at the hospital where you are being treated.
Sperm Freezing Appointment
- Sperm Freezing – per appointment
- Not included:
- Inital investigations
- Viral screening
- Storage