Oncofertility Fertility Preservation for Cancer Survivors

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Woodruff, Teresa K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Snyder, Karrie Ann (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Σειρά: Cancer Treatment and Research, 138
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Gynecology.; Endocrinology.; Oncology.; Pediatrics.; Urology.; Medicine & Public Health.

While cancer survival rates have increased steadily over the last several decades, particularly among younger patients, the more aggressive forms of treatment that have made this possible often compromise a cancer patient's ability to later have biological children. In the past, pregnancy after...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Emergence of a New Interdiscipline: Oncofertility
• Fertility Risk and Treatment Options
• Fertility Management for Women With Cancer
• Fertility Preservation in Adult Male Cancer Patients
• Managing Fertility in Childhood Cancer Patients
• Fertility Risk in Pediatric and Adolescent Cancers
• Oncofertility Techniques and Research
• Bioengineering and the Ovarian Follicle
• The Science of Cryobiology
• Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation and Transplantation: Banking Reproductive Potential for the Future
• Progress, History and Promise of Ovarian Cryopreservation and Transplantation for Pediatric Cancer Patients
• Health Care Decision-Making
• Oncofertility and the Social Sciences
• Shared Decision Making: Fertility and Pediatric Cancers
• Ethical and Psychosocial Impact of Cancer-Related Infertility
• Today's Research, Tomorrows Cures: The Ethical Implications of Oncofertility
• The Psychosocial Context of Cancer-Related Infertility
• Childhood Cancer: Fertility and Psychosocial Implications
• Fertility Preservation and Adolescent Cancer Patients: Lessons from Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Their Parents
• Training in a New Medical Discipline and Medical Guidelines
• Oncofertility: A New Medical Discipline and the Emerging Scholar
• Oncofertility Consortium Consensus Statement: Guidelines for Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation
• Patient Stories and Oncofertility
• Personal Accounts of Cancer and Infertility.