Infertility Issues: Cancer Patient to Parent When Tammy and Bryan envisioned their life together, the picture included children. But, just six weeks before their wedding, Tammy, then 27, was told she had Stage III colon cancer. Right away, she would need life-saving surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, and those treatments would render her sterile. “When starting a second family, the obstacle of a previous tubal ligation did not inhibit our dream of having a child." Site Administrator Copyright 2009 Privacy Policy Home | Overview | About Infertility | Treatment Options | What to Expect | About the Center | Contact Us