Fertility Preservation Therapy

NOTICE PAPER NO. 2756

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON OR AFTER 8 MAY 2024

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Dr Tan Wu Meng

MP for Jurong GRC

Question No. 5784

To ask the Minister for Health (a) whether the Ministry has studied how many young cancer patients underwent curative intent therapy with potential side effects on fertility over the past three years; (b) of these patients, how many (i) underwent fertility preservation therapy and (ii) did not undergo fertility preservation due to financial concerns.

Answer

1 MOH does not have data on the number of young cancer patients who underwent curative intent therapy with potential side effects on fertility, nor the proportion of those young cancer patients who did or did not undergo fertility preservation therapy, and their respective reasons.