A GROUNDBREAKING procedure resulting in Australia's first pregnancy using frozen ovarian tissue has the potential to preserve the fertility of female cancer sufferers.
Monash IVF implanted ovarian tissue into a 43-year-old Melbourne woman, six years after she beat breast cancer.
The tissue was removed from the woman in 2005 before she underwent cancer treatment and this April the tissue was implanted, allowing natural ovulation.
Professor Gab Kovacs, director of Monash IVF, presided over the process, telling AAP the woman was now six and a half weeks pregnant.
He said it was the 20th pregnancy worldwide using the method.
"Fertility doctors all see young women with cancer who want to preserve their fertility. These days cancer treatments are very effective and the women go on to survive, but without their fertility," Professor Kovacs said.
"The beauty of this technology is that a woman can see a doctor one day and have the tissue removed the next - there's no delay. It's simple and any gynecologist can do it."
Professor Kovacs was taught the method by Israeli fertility specialists, who outlined the procedure on the back of an envelope.
The other benefit of the implantation method is cost, according to Professor Kovacs, who said it was much cheaper than IVF.
"Right now we don't know what the success rate for the procedure is but it has great potential," he said.
"This could be the way to go for women who want to preserve their fertility after cancer."
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