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Is There a Link Between Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer?

There are several theories regarding the etiology of ovarian cancer. Certain reproductive factors (early menarche, late menopause, low parity, infertility) are associated with increased risk. The most widely accepted theory explains the origin of ovarian cancer by the repeated epithelial trauma accompanying ovulations. The surface trauma is followed by repair, during which mutations could occur, resulting in malignant transformation.

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Scientists Move a Step Closer to Preserving Fertility in Young Boys With Cancer

Scientists have moved a step closer to being able to preserve fertility in young boys who undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer. The new research, published in Fertility and Sterility, the journal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, addresses the safety of an option scientists are developing for boys who aren’t sexually mature and cannot bank sperm.

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Baby M and the Question of Surrogate Motherhood

You could say that the surrogate mother of all surrogate mothers was Hagar, servant to Sarai in the Old Testament. Sarai, later known as Sarah, had fertility woes. So she pleaded with her husband — Abram, before he became Abraham — to lie with Hagar and do what needed to be done. “It may be that I may obtain children by her,” she said, as rendered in the King James Version of Genesis 16:2. Her plan worked splendidly. Hagar conceived a son. Call him Ishmael.