Gender-specific aspects related to type of fertility preservation strategies and access to fertility care.

ABSTRACT: Survivorship is an area of paramount importance to be addressed as early as possible after cancer diagnosis by all health care providers. On this regard, cancer care in young patients often poses several age-related considerations among which fertility and pregnancy-related issues have a crucial role. According to the available guidelines on the topic, all patients with cancer diagnosed during their reproductive years should be provided a proper oncofertility counselling before starting anticancer treatments. This is an important step in order to inform patients about the potential treatment-induced gonadotoxicity and the available strategies for fertility preservation so that they can be referred as early as possible to fertility specialists if potentially interested in these options.In t

SUBMITTER: Perachino M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7594356 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature