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Background: Infertility is the major problem in the world and it occurs due to many reasons one of in certain conditions is treatment of cancer. Justification: There is no published data concerning the association between cancer and infertility. Objectives: To know the prevalence of cancer among selected group of Sudanese ladies with fertility disorders. Methods: Descriptive, cross sectional study, from March-May, 2016, at Banoon IVF center, Khartoum, Sudan, 100 Sudanese women with fertility disorders were involved in the study. Results: The prevalence of cancer among the selected group was 10% (6% was breast cancer, 4% other types of cancer). Discussion: The prevalence of cancer among the study group was high and that may give us a link between cancer and infertility with strength of this link was increased among the participants with breast cancer , then our study agree with the previous study done by Kutluk Oktay that showed association between breast cancer and infertility. Conclusion: Further studies should be done involving large sample size from different races.

Anemia is a condition in which the blood hemoglobin (the main oxygen-transporting protein in red blood cells) level is under the minimum extreme of the reference range for the age and gender of the person .It is the most common hematological disorder affects millions of women at reproduction period around the globe that may influence in different phases of their socioeconomic lifestyle. It occurs due to increase red blood cell destruction or due to bone marrow failure to produce adequate number of blood cells. Iron deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia noticed among women during their reproductive age, while other types are less common. Pernicious anaemia and folate deficiency are recognized to cause secondary infertility. Any attempts to treat infertility or to even establish preliminary investigations should be delayed until anaemia is treated. Management of anaemia itself may resolve the infertility problems and should be taken as a first line treatment in all cases.