Timing Is Everything! Fertility Preservation Process From Patient Cancer Diagnosis Through Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation to the Start of Treatment

Children diagnosed with cancer today can expect a greater than 80% chance of 5-year survival. Childhood cancer survivors are significantly more likely to be infertile or have difficulty getting pregnant than their siblings. Studies have shown that infertility is one of the primary concerns of cancer survivors. Fertility preservation (FP) completed before treatment starts gives the patient the best fertility potential for a biological child in the future. Infertility is a significant risk factor for those treated with gonadotoxic therapy for cancer in childhood or adolescence. Infertility risk counseling and FP procedures may have the greatest success of fertility and hormone restoration if performed before the initiation of gonadotoxic therapy.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: Clinical Article Source Type: research