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Chapter 10 - Medical and Elective Fertility Preservation: Options and Suggestions for a Patient-Centered Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2020

By
Pasquale Patrizio  and
Marcia Inhorn
Edited by
Alice D. Domar ,
Denny Sakkas  and
Thomas L. Toth
Alice D. Domar
Affiliation:
Boston IVF, Waltham, MA
Denny Sakkas
Affiliation:
Boston IVF, Waltham, MA
Thomas L. Toth
Affiliation:
Boston IVF, Waltham, MA
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Summary

Fertility preservation (FP) has become a specialized branch of reproductive medicine aimed at preserving the potential for future genetic parenthood for young adults, or even children, at risk of sterility before undergoing cancer treatment. Thanks to more refined chemotherapy and radiotherapy protocols, the five-year survival rates for many cancers have steadily increased; e.g., survivorship for Hodgkin’s lymphoma went from 86% to 98% and for breast cancer from 78% to 91% in the last 25 years.

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Patient-Centered Assisted Reproduction
How to Integrate Exceptional Care with Cutting-Edge Technology
 , pp. 135 - 145
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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