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Tissue is retrieved in Sheffield and then cryopreserved and stored in Oxford, helping children and young people receiving cancer treatment in Sheffield, Leeds, Nottingham and Leicester.
Future Fertility Fund film - Oxford Hospitals Charity
Anna, a young patient, talks with her parents to ITV News about benefiting from this service.
Nathan Crawford, a brain tumour patient, was the first boy in the UK to have testicular tissue cryopreserved. This was performed at OCTB. His ground-breaking story was widely covered by the media.
Nine-year-old boy has testicular tissue frozen - BBC News