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

...reatment...

...tion 1.1People with cancer are inte...


...ion 1.2Health care providers shoul...


...ecommendation 1.3To preserve the full range of opt...


Adult Men

...dation 2.1Sperm cryopreservation:...

...mendation 2.2Hormonal gonadoprotection: Hormo...

...on 2.3Other methods to preserve male fert...

...endation 2.4Post-chemotherapy: Men sho...


...dult Wom...

...commendation 3.1Embryo cryopreserv...

...commendation 3.2Cryopreservation of unfertilized...

...on 3.3Ovarian transposition: Ovarian tran...

...ommendation 3.4Conservative gynecologic surger...

...ation 3.5 [Updated]Ovarian suppressio...

...ation 3.6 [Updated]Ovarian tissue cryopreservat...


...of Health Care Providers...

...dation 4.1All oncologic health care provide...

...ecommendation 4.2Encourage patients...

Recommendation 4.3Refer patients who express a...

...mmendation 4.4Refer patients to ps...


...ecial Considerations: Childre...

...dation 5.1Suggest established methods of...