Nonprofits step up to protect fertility for cancer patients by Haleluya Hadero, The Associated Press Posted Feb 19, 2021 9:56 am EDT Last Updated Feb 19, 2021 at 9:58 am EDT This photo provided by Asha Kamta shows Roshni Kamta undergoing cancer treatment on May 22, 2019 in New York. Fertility preservation was not something Kamta had planned for. But an unexpected breast cancer diagnosis changed everything. After some quick decisions, she found herself preparing to undergo an egg retrieval procedure days before embarking on cancer treatments. (Asha Kamta via AP) Roshni Kamta remembers that spring day two years ago when she left for work on her usual crowded New York City subway line, carrying precious cargo. Inside the light white bag, which she stored inside the refrigerator at work, were her egg freezing supplies — syringes and the hormone medications she would inject into her body at work to maintain her medicating schedule.