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Volume 17, Number 4 Review Articles

Fertility Preservation Options for Men and Women With Cancer

Management Update

Malgorzata E Skaznik-Wikiel Sara Babcock Gilbert Randall B Meacham Laxmi A Kondapalli

Approximately 0.2% of Americans aged 20 to 39 years are childhood cancer survivors. Advances in cancer detection and therapy have greatly improved survival rates for young cancer patients; however, treatment of childhood cancers can adversely impact reproductive function. Many cancer patients report a strong desire to be informed of existing options for fertility preservation and future reproduction prior to initiation of gonadotoxic cancer therapies, including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. This article discusses, in detail, the effects of cancer treatment on fertility in men and women, and outlines both current and experimental methods of fertility preservation among cancer patients. [Rev Urol. 2015;17(4):211-219 doi: 10.3909/riu0666] © 2016 MedReviews®, LLC

Fertility preservation Childhood cancer Sperm cryopreservation Testicular tissue cryopreservation Spermatogonial stem cell cryopreservation Embryo cryopreservation Oocyte cryopreservation Ovarian tissue cryopreservation