title: [Can I still get pregnant? Options for fertility preservation in young women diagnosed with cancer].
abstract: - In 2015 around 2300 women under the age of 40 years were diagnosed with cancer in the Netherlands.- Cancer treatment can have a negative effect on fertility.- Due to improving survival rates, discussing this effect and the options for fertility preservation has become an important part of counselling these patients.- Cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos is standard procedure in fertility preservation in the Netherlands.- Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue is a new, rapidly-developing technique. Recently, the first child following autotransplantation of thawed ovarian tissue was born in the Netherlands.- If gonadotoxic treatment has to be given, it is important to talk well in advance with the patient about fertility preservation.
authors.affiliation: Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd. Gynaecologie, Leiden.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Louwe
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Klijn
authors.forename: G S K
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Pilgram
authors.forename: L A J
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: van der Westerlaken
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D059247:Fertility Preservation; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D009426:Netherlands