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Title Reproductive health and cancer in adolescents and young adults / Gwendolyn P. Quinn, Susan T. Vadaparampil, editors ; foreword by Brad Zebrack
Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 220 pages)
Series Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 0065-2598 ; v. 732
Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 732.
Contents Principles of cancer treatment: impact on reproduction -- Fertility preservation options for females -- Options for fertility preservation in men and boys with cancer -- Contraception and cancer treatment in young persons -- Sexual health during cancer treatment -- Unique reproductive concerns of young women with breast cancer -- Pregnancy and cancer -- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for hereditary cancers -- Non-traditional family building planning -- Parenting with cancer I: developmental perspective, communication, and coping -- Parenting with cancer II: parenting at different stages of illness -- Pediatric oncology and reproductive health -- Institutional approaches to implementing fertility preservation for cancer patients -- Patient provider communication and reproductive health -- Fertility preservation in cancer patients: ethical considerations -- Legal issue and of assisted reproductive technologies
Summary Reproductive medicine is a growing field with new technology emerging faster than we can assess consumer's perceptions of -the number of cancer survivors are growing and there is a great need to attend to their quality of life-this book addresses the needs of males and females, identifies effective communication strategies and proactive measures for health care professionals and researchers to use as well as identifying gaps in the literature where more research is needed
Analysis Medicine
Oncology
Reproductive Medicine
Quality of Life
Medical Education
Sexual behavior
Biomedicine
Cancer Research
Quality of Life Research
voortplantingsorganen
reproductive organs
geneeskunde
kwaliteit van het leven
biomedische wetenschappen
oncologie
neoplasms
medisch onderwijs
seksueel gedrag
sexual behaviour
Medicine (General)
Geneeskunde (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Oncology.
Reproductive health.
Cancer -- Patients -- Research
Cancer -- Psychological aspects.
Cancer -- Social aspects.
Human reproductive technology.
Young adults.
Neoplasms -- complications
Reproductive Health
Adolescent
Infertility -- etiology
Reproductive Techniques, Assisted
Sexuality
Young Adult
Medical Oncology
Reproductive Medicine
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
MEDICAL -- Oncology.
Young adults
Human reproductive technology
Cancer -- Patients -- Research
Cancer -- Psychological aspects
Cancer -- Social aspects
Oncology
Reproductive health
Form Electronic book
Author Quinn, Gwendolyn P.
Vadaparampil, Susan T
ISBN 9789400724921
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9781283454858
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