This is another assignment I did for the UCSF Medical Center. Gina was diagnosed with ovarian cancer when she was 19. After the tumor and her right ovary were removed, she was declared cancer free. Life moved on and Gina got married. Then, when she was 31, a blood test showed the cancer had returned. Gina wanted to have a child some day, so she chose to delay cancer treatment long enough to freeze some of her eggs. Fortunately, the second growth was benign and, after she fully recovered, she moved forward with in vitro fertilization (IVF). The first two IVF tries were unsuccessful, but the third try resulted in her lovely daughter Samantha. Gina now wants to share her success story with other young people facing cancer. “I want women to know that cancer doesn’t mean you need to sacrifice your desire to be a mother,” she says. “There are options.”