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Semen link to cervical cancer
By Laura Lee Davies on 04/09/2006 12:39:22
The Medical Research Council has found that a feature present in semen feeds the growth of cervical and womb cancer tumours.
Researchers looking at cervical and womb cancer have found that high levels of prostaglandin can increase the speed at which a tumour grows.Prostaglandin is present naturally in a woman's body and regulates womb tissue growth as part of the body
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Mum beats rare placenta cancer and walks again
By Sophie Westnedge on 18/06/2012 16:19:32
Bally Taylor developed a rare form of cancer during pregnancy but proved doctors wrong after she was told she would lose the use of her legs
A woman suffering from an extremely rare form of cancer while pregnant, who was told she would never walk again, has made a miraculous recovery.Bally Taylor suffered from a condition so rare that only six other women in the world have been affected
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Sperm frozen as a teenager makes cancer survivor a dad
By Kimberley Smith on 30/11/2010 14:14:47
Man who beat testicular cancer is having a baby using sperm he froze when he was 17
A man who suffered several bouts of testicular cancer is to become a dad using sperm he froze when he was just 17.Christopher Stone, who lost both testicles to cancer, is expecting a baby with his wife Fiona, after a second course of IVF
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Frozen ovary tissue and robotic surgery could save cancer patients’ fertility
By Kimberley Smith on 28/03/2011 12:49:20
New technique using frozen ovary tissue to kick-start egg production could increase the chances of conceiving after cancer treatment
A pioneering new fertility treatment could give hope to women struggling with infertility after cancer treatment. The method uses frozen ovary tissue taken before radio or chemotherapy, and inserts the tissue into the non-functioning ovaries, kick
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Sheep research fertility hope for cancer patients
By ThinkBaby on 15/09/2005 09:58:50
Researchers hope cryopreservation and transplant of sheep ovaries will pave the way for similar procedures for humans
Research conducted in sheep has raised hopes for safeguarding the fertility of women undergoing aggressive treatments for cancer.Researchers at Israel's Institute of Animal Science have successfully developed embryos from sheep ovaries, used
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Kylie Minogue fears cancer treatment has ruined her baby plans
By Kimberley Smith on 31/01/2011 12:56:43
Pop star dotes on sister Dannii’s son Ethan after accepting the chances of having her own baby are slim
Kylie Minogue has revealed her breast cancer treatment may have cost her the chance to have biological children. Celebrating her fifth year free of the disease, the glamourous pop star told the Mail on Sunday that she has accepted her chances
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Babies’ skin more easily damaged by the sun than previously thought
By Jayne Braithwaite on 07/06/2011 13:56:47
Exposure of babies’ sensitive skin linked to later skin cancer
Sun damage to babies’ skin before their second birthday could make them more likely to have skin cancer later in life, claims a new review.Babies’ skin is more sensitive than adults’ because it hasn’t developed as many layers of natural protection
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Widow conceives 17 months after death of baby's father
By Susie Boone on 26/02/2010 18:50:58
A woman who lost her husband to cancer has fallen pregnant with his baby
husband, Gareth, to bone cancer in September 2008. But before he died, the couple decided to freeze his sperm so Lisa could have his baby.“I think Gareth would have been over the moon,” said mum-to-be Lisa. “Not a day goes by when I don’t think of him
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Unborn baby’s kicks save his mum’s life
By Kimberley Smith on 26/07/2010 16:16:53
Mum’s feared miscarriage actually a cancerous tumour kicked free by her unborn baby
to the cancer which had been growing for months.Despite being advised to abort her baby to undergo cancer treatment, Claire chose to keep the baby who had saved her life and continued the pregnancy until 26 weeks when doctors insisted they induce birth
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Two women go to extraordinary lengths to have a baby
By Kimberley Smith on 08/09/2011 13:44:15
Meet the woman who is having an affair and another who’s ignoring cancer to start a family
-to-be, Melanie Jaggard, is going so far as to ignore her rare form of cancer, in order to be a mum. Currently pregnant with twins, Melanie has been diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC), a rare and incurable form of head cancer. Melanie’s prognosis
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