Fertility Preservation

Publication Date: April 5, 2018

Key Points

Key Points

The goal of this 2018 pocket guide update is to provide current guidance regarding fertility preservation options for people with cancer anticipating treatment.

Treatment

...eatment

...on 1.1People with cancer are intere...


...tion 1.2Health care providers shou...


Recommendation 1.3To preserve the full range of op...


...ult Me...

...ation 2.1Sperm cryopreservation: Sperm cryop...

...2.2Hormonal gonadoprotection: Hormonal ther...

...mendation 2.3Other methods to preserve male fertil...

...ecommendation 2.4Post-chemotherapy...


...dult Women

...endation 3.1Embryo cryopreservation: Embryo...

...ndation 3.2Cryopreservation of unfertil...

...mendation 3.3Ovarian transposition: Ovaria...

...3.4Conservative gynecologic surgery: I...

....5 [Updated]Ovarian suppression: Ther...

...ecommendation 3.6 [Updated]Ovarian tissu...


...ealth Care Providers...

...4.1All oncologic health care providers should be...

...on 4.2Encourage patients to participat...

...dation 4.3Refer patients who express an inter...

...ion 4.4Refer patients to psychosocial provide...


...Considerations: Children...

...mmendation 5.1Suggest established...