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Counseling and Consenting Women with Cancer on Their Oncofertility Options: A Clinical Perspective

  • Emily S. JungheimEmail author
  • Kenneth R. Carson
  • Douglas Brown
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Part of the Cancer Treatment and Research book series (CTAR, volume 156)

Abstract

Over the past decade, professional and lay organizations have raised awareness of the damaging effects some cancer treatments can have on the fertility of young women. Despite this progress, counseling and consenting cancer patients about their fertility remains complicated. Literature from the American Society for Clinical Oncology [1] (ASCO) outlines treatment regimens that may affect fertility; however, these regimens continue to evolve, making it difficult to predict how an individual’s fertility may be compromised. After fertility counseling, some women elect to preserve gametes or embryos prior to cancer treatment, but doing so does not guarantee future fertility.

Keywords

Assisted Reproductive Technology Fertility Preservation Embryo Cryopreservation Oocyte Cryopreservation Freeze Embryo Transfer 
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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the Oncofertility Consortium NIH 8UL1DE019587, 5RL1HD058296.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Emily S. Jungheim
    • 1
    Email author
  • Kenneth R. Carson
    • 2
  • Douglas Brown
    • 3
  1. 1.Department of Reproductive Endocrinology and InfertilityBarnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of MedicineSt. LouisUSA
  2. 2.Department of Hematology and OncologyBarnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of MedicineSt. LouisUSA
  3. 3.Barnes-Jewish Hospital Ethics ProgramBarnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of MedicineSt. LouisUSA

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