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Decision Making and Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients

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  • Samira Vesali

    (Department of Epidemiology and Reproductive Health, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, Iran)

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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  • Samira Vesali, 2019. "Decision Making and Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients," Global Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 7(1), pages 12-132:7, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jgjorm:v:7:y:2019:i:1:p:12-13
    DOI: 10.19080/GJORM.2019.07.555703
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