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

...Treatme...

...tion 1.1People with cancer are interested in di...


...on 1.2Health care providers should refe...


...mendation 1.3To preserve the full range of option...


...Adult Men...

Recommendation 2.1Sperm cryopreservation: S...

...ndation 2.2Hormonal gonadoprotection: Ho...

...tion 2.3Other methods to preserve male ferti...

...2.4Post-chemotherapy: Men should b...


...Adult Women...

...ation 3.1Embryo cryopreservation: Embr...

...ation 3.2Cryopreservation of unfertilized oocy...

Recommendation 3.3Ovarian transposition: Ovarian...

...ion 3.4Conservative gynecologic surge...

...ecommendation 3.5 [Updated]Ovarian suppre...

...dation 3.6 [Updated]Ovarian tissue cryoprese...


...Role of Health Car...

...ation 4.1All oncologic health care providers shou...

Recommendation 4.2Encourage patients...

...n 4.3Refer patients who express an intere...

...endation 4.4Refer patients to psychosocial provide...


...Special Consideratio...

...dation 5.1Suggest established methods...