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Breaking down the barriers: a new collaborative model providing fertility care for young cancer patients

Genia Rozen, Stephanie Sii, Franca Agresta, Debra Gook and Catharyn Stern
Med J Aust 2020; 213 (9) || doi: 10.5694/mja2.50811
Published online: 19 October 2020

A recently developed national transport and cryopreservation service improves equity of access to fertility care for young people across Australia

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  • 1 Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC
  • 2 Melbourne IVF, Melbourne, VIC
  • 3 Warrnambool Base Hospital, Warrnambool, VIC


Correspondence: genia.rozen@mivf.com.au

Acknowledgements: 

The National Ovarian and Testicular Transport and Cryopreservation Service is partially funded by Sony Foundation Australia.

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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