Many cancer treatments can affect people’s fertility. This includes a person's ability to conceive a child or maintain a pregnancy. Below are trusted resources and information about fertility and cancer treatment.
Information for cancer survivors and their carers
- Fertility After Cancer website, Western and Central Melbourne Integrated Cancer Services
- Fertility, My Cancer Guide, Cancer Council Victoria
- Maybe later baby? A guide to relationships, sex, and fertility for young people with cancer fact sheet, Canteen Australia
- Fertility and cancer booklet, Cancer Council Victoria
- Cancer treatment and fertility website, The Royal Women’s Hospital
- Fertility website, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre
- COSA guidelines for fertility preservation for people with cancer website, Cancer Council Australia
Clinical services at Peter Mac Melbourne campus
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You may be receiving treatment elsewhere though. If you are, you may have different clinical service options. Please speak with your oncology team.
Other clinical services in the Parkville precinct
The following services are available to patients of the Parkville precinct. This includes the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Royal Women’s Hospital. Peter Mac is also part of the Parkville precinct.
You may be receiving treatment elsewhere though. If you are, you may have different clinical service options. Please speak with your oncology team.
- The Royal Womens Hospital Menopause symptoms after cancer clinic (MSAC). This clinic offers advice on medical therapies to help ease menopausal symptoms. It also has information on lifestyle factors. These include exercise and nutrition, sexual counselling, and fertility after cancer treatment.
- The Royal Womens Hospital Fertility Preservation Services. This service supplies medical fertility preservation consultation, assessment and advice. This advice is for girls, young women, boys, and young men whose fertility is at risk.