Decision Making and Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients

Samira Vesali
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Samira Vesali: Department of Epidemiology and Reproductive Health, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, Iran

Global Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 2019, vol. 7, issue 1, 12-13 Volu2m: 7

Abstract: Infertility following cancer treatment in cancer patients is consequently a source of psychosocial and emotional distress and may severely impact quality of life into survivorship [1,2]. Therefore, storing the potential or material to have biological children after cancer treatment can be of high importance to many cancer survivors and help them adjust to life after cancer therapy [3]. There are various fertility preservation (FP) techniques with the aim of saving the possibility of childbearing capacity in prepubertal and pubertal cancer patients [4]. It is important that patients are adequately supported to determine which options are best suited to their individual situation [5]. Decisions surrounding FP in children, adolescents, and adults can be difficult due to the distress of a cancer diagnosis, time constraints for decision-making, and lack of efficacy data, oncological treatment planning and preparation, and possible fertility treatment financial barriers, etc. [6,7].

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Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/GJORM.2019.07.555703

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