title: Innovations in fertility preservation for patients with gynecologic cancers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review options for fertility preservation in women with gynecologic cancers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We discuss the data regarding cancer treatment and fertility outcomes and current controversies for women with gynecologic cancers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gynecologic cancers represent 12%-15% of cancers affecting women, and 21% of these are diagnosed in women of reproductive age. Current advances in our understanding of these diseases, along with improved multimodality treatment, allow for consideration of fertility options. For some women with gynecologic cancers, fertility-sparing treatment might be appropriate.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA.
authors.forename: Wen-Shiung
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Liou
authors.forename: O W Stephanie
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Yap
authors.forename: John K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Lynn M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Westphal
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000517:prevention & control*; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000639:trends*