EFP video explainers

Animations and talks explaining EFP research and fertility preservation

Childhood cancer and fertility

Due to the improved survival rates from many cancers, there is increasing attention on how cancer treatment can adversely affect the subsequent quality of life. For young people, among the most important of these are effects on fertility. Fertility preservation options are available for some patients; however, for others including young boys there are no such options, with an urgent need for more research. 

A major component of fertility preservation involves cryopreserving or 'freezing' tissue, and we are the first and currently the only centre in the UK with approval to cryopreserve both ovary and testis tissue.

Will I be able to have children after my treatment?

In this video, you will be able to learn about ways that research can help boys to make sperm in the future, after they have had treatment that might damage their sperm-making cells.

We would like to thank Children with Cancer UK (CwCUK) for coordinating the patient/parent involvement on this project, which helped to shape the animation.

This animation is part of a collaboration between Cloud Chamber Studios and researchers at the Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Children with Cancer UK

Centre for Reproductive Health

Will I be able to have children after my treatment?

Fertility preservation for boys undergoing cancer treatments

Emma Kearney explains how the University of Edinburgh are preserving fertility for boys undergoing cancer treatments.

Created by Emma, this short animation won the Society for Reproduction and Fertility Stewart Rhind Communication Award in 2025.

Fertility preservations for boys undergoing cancer treatments.

Fertility preservation for young people with cancer: The End of the Beginning?

Fertility preservation techniques usually involve taking some tissue from the patient before their treatment, and storing the tissue until they fully recover. In some cases the tissue can be used to conceive a pregnancy via IVF, while in other situations tissue is transplanted back into the healthy patient.

A recorded lecture from Professor Hamish Wallace, one of EFP's founders, about the impact of fertility preservation.

Recorded lecture - Hamish Wallace

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