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

...1.1People with cancer are interested in discus...


...endation 1.2Health care providers shou...


...n 1.3To preserve the full range of options, fert...


...ult Men...

...tion 2.1Sperm cryopreservation: Sp...

...ndation 2.2Hormonal gonadoprotection: Hormonal th...

...n 2.3Other methods to preserve male...

....4Post-chemotherapy: Men should be advised of...


...dult Wom...

...mmendation 3.1Embryo cryopreservatio...

...ommendation 3.2Cryopreservation of unfert...

...ecommendation 3.3Ovarian transposi...

...dation 3.4Conservative gynecologic...

...3.5 [Updated]Ovarian suppression: T...

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


...le of Health Care Providers...

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

...mendation 4.2Encourage patients to particip...

...on 4.3Refer patients who express an interest in fe...

...mendation 4.4Refer patients to psychosocial provi...


...nsiderations: Children...

...mmendation 5.1Suggest established methods of ferti...