Fertility Preservation in Females. Emerging Technologies and Clinical Applications

About this Book

• Provides up-to-date strategies for fertility preservation in women who require gonadotoxic treatment
• Covers epidemiologic, ethical, medico-legal, psychologic, and a social aspects of fertility preservation
• Combines concise scientific background with practical methodological information and easy-to-grasp algorithms
• Easy to read chapters, using a uniform structure that includes a brief abstract, keyword, glossary, step by step protocol of laboratory procedures, key issues in commentary and a list of references

A growing majority of women in the western hemisphere have been delaying initiation of childbearing to later in life. Consequently, more than ever before, women in their late 30s to early 40s are attempting their first pregnancy. Since the incidence of most cancers increases with age, delayed childbearing results in more female cancer survivors interested in fertility preservation. Fertility Preservation in Females: Emerging Technologies and Clinical Applications contains a selection of the valuable chapters and protocols of Seli and Agarwal’s previously published hardcover text Fertility Preservation: Emerging Technologies and Clinical Applications. Newly available in this convenient and affordable softcover format, this unique and practical reference guide for reproductive endocrinologists, gynecologists, embryologists, reproductive scientists, and oncologists provides strategies for fertility preservation in women, using a format that combines concise scientific background with practical methodological information and easy-to-grasp algorithms.

Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Keywords » Chemoprotection - Complications - Cryopreservation - Embryo - Fertility preservation - Fertility preservation strategies - Gonadotoxic treatment - Gynaecologic malignancies adoption - In Vitro maturation - Offspring - Oogenesis - Ovarian hyperstimulation - Ovarian tissue - Pregnancy
Related subjects » Cell Biology - Evolutionary & Developmental Biology - Gynecology - Internal Medicine - Urology

Table of Contents

The Epidemiology of Fertility Preservation.- Ethical Discussions in Approaching Fertility Preservation.- Ovarian Follicle Development and Fertility Preservation.- Impact of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy on the Ovary.- Impact of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy on the Uterus.- Ovarian Transposition.- Embryo Cryopreservation and Alternative Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation Strategies for Fertility Preservation.- Oocyte Cryopreservation.- Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation and Autotransplantation.- Oocyte In Vitro Maturation: Formidable Obstacles on the Road to Fertility Preservation.- Whole Ovary Cryopreservation.- Risk of Transplanting Cryopreserved Ovarian Tissue in Women with Malignancies.- Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists in Fertility Preservation.- Fertility Preservation in Gynecologic Malignancies.- Third-Party Reproduction and Adoption After Cancer: Practical and Emotional Considerations.- Pregnancy and Cancer Treatment.- Fertility Preservation Strategies in Healthy Women.- Approach to Fertility Preservation in Adult and Prepubertal Females.