St. Louis Surgeon Transplants Ovary

February 13, 2007

(AP) -- When Joy Lagos learned she had cancer, she was confident she would beat it. What brought the San Francisco resident to tears, however, was knowing that radiation and chemotherapy would lead to early menopause and rob her of the chance to have children. Last week, that may have changed.

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