Oncofertility: Meeting the Fertility Goals of Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer.

Oncofertility: Meeting the Fertility Goals of Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer. Cancer J. 2018 Nov/Dec;24(6):328-335 Authors: Irene Su H, Lee YT, Barr R Abstract Adolescents and young adults aged 15 to 39 years who are diagnosed with cancer (AYA survivors) undergo a range of therapies for cancer cure but subsequently may be at risk of treatment-related infertility, and for female AYA survivors, adverse pregnancy outcomes. Future fertility is important to AYA survivors. Meeting their fertility goals requires awareness of this importance, knowledge of cancer treatment-related fertility risks, appropriate fertility counseling on these risks, and access to fertility care. Epidemiologic and dissemination and implementation research are needed to estimate more precise risks of traditional and novel cancer therapies on fertility and pregnancy outcomes and improve the delivery of fertility care. PMID: 30480578 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Cancer Journal - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Cancer J Source Type: research