Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital's John S. Rinehart, M.D.S, Offers Latest Development in Fertility Preservation for Cancer Patients

U.S. Newswire › April 15, 2004

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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., April 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital's, John S. Rinehart, M.D., PhD, JD, offers fertility preservation services for children through adult age patients prior to, during and after fertility altering treatments for cancers, autoimmune diseases and other illness.

"Any cancer treatment may have an impact on a patient's ability to have children. Obviously, treatment that requires surgical removal of a woman's ovaries or uterus or removal of a man's testicles, removes the reproductive organs," says Dr. Rinehart.

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Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital's John S. Rinehart, M.D.S, Offers Latest Development in Fertility Preservation for Cancer Patients

"Pelvic radiation to any patient may damage the cells of the reproductive organs. Chemotherapy, particularly alkylating agents can...

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