Managing the fertility preservation process
Managing the fertility preservation process
Overview
Effectively protecting or preserving reproductive capacity in young people with cancer requires a coordinated and multidisciplinary effort, with timely and appropriate communication between all key stakeholders of paramount importance. In particular, the patient’s oncologist and cancer treatment team and the fertility specialist/team need to work collaboratively and use evidence-based criteria, wherever possible, to inform the decision making process.[1][2]
Key stakeholders in the fertility preservation process may include, but are not limited to: the patient, their parents, partner and/or friends, their support network, the cancer treatment team, the assisted reproduction clinic, the local physician, the regional hospital, surgeons, scientists, ethicists, and the hospital board or ethics committees.[3][4]
Key points
Recommended websites and resources for patients and families
Recommended websites and resources for health professionals
References
- ↑ Multidisciplinary Working Group convened by the British Fertility Society. A strategy for fertility services for survivors of childhood cancer. Hum Fertil (Camb) 2003 May;6(2):A1-A39 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12869793.
- ↑ Edge B, Holmes D, Makin G. Sperm banking in adolescent cancer patients. Arch Dis Child 2006 Feb;91(2):149-52 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16174641.
- ↑ Quinn GP, Vadaparampil ST, Fertility Preservation Research Group. Fertility preservation and adolescent/young adult cancer patients: physician communication challenges. J Adolesc Health 2009 Apr;44(4):394-400 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19306799.
- ↑ Forman EJ, Anders CK, Behera MA. A nationwide survey of oncologists regarding treatment-related infertility and fertility preservation in female cancer patients. Fertil Steril 2010 Oct;94(5):1652-6 Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19945099.