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
