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Volume 3, Issue 2, Pages 78-82 (October 2005)


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Preserving fertility after cancer: What are our options?

Alan H. DeCherney, MDaCorresponding Author Informationemail address, Shahin Ghadir, MDa, Wendy Chang-Lee, MDa, Brandye Wilsona, Elliot Yaminia

Fertility options appropriate for cancer survivors depend on the patient's age, disease site and stage, and treatment protocol. Conservative surgery, ovariopexy during pelvic irradiation, in vitro fertilization, and cryopreservation can preserve reproductive function without compromising survival.

a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Corresponding Author InformationDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095

PII: S1546-2501(05)00039-3

doi:10.1016/j.sram.2005.09.004


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