title: Young cervical cancer patients and fertility.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the incidence of cervical cancer in reproductive age women and identify reproductive issues for these patients. To identify surgical methods of fertility preservation in cervical cancer and advanced reproductive technologies available to patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Epidemiologic data, published research reports, and patient management guidelines.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Young women with cervical cancer are a special population with unique needs regarding fertility.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses caring for young patients with cervical cancer must be aware of both the surgical fertility preservation options, which patients are candidates for these surgeries and the options for assisted reproductive technology. Nurses need to be able to coordinate care for these patients with gynecologic oncologists and reproductive endocrinologists in order to facilitate optimal outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Gynecologic Oncology, Surgery Division, Fox ChaseCancer Center, 333 Cottman Ave, Suite H3-182, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA. Sharon.schwartz@fccc.edu
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*