title: Fertility preservation in the female cancer patient.
abstract: Hundreds of thousands of young women are diagnosed with cancer each year, but due to advances in screening, diagnosis, and treatment, survival rates have improved dramatically. With improved survival, long-term effects of cancer treatment including infertility need to be addressed and should be discussed as soon as possible. Oncologists should be familiar with their patients' risks of infertility and available options for fertility preservation and future reproduction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Macdonald
mesh_terms: D015925:Cryopreservation; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D059247:Fertility Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D019398:Genes, BRCA1; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D017741:Survivors
keywords: embryo and oocyte cryopreservation; fertility sparing surgery; oncofertility; ovarian tissue cryopreservation; reproduction