Fertility-sparing options for patients with gynecologic malignancies. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Gynecologic malignancies are most often diagnosed in postmenopausal women, but these malignancies also arise in premenopausal women, in whom issues of fertility can be a major concern. An increasing number of women are delaying childbearing. This has led to a significant increase in the number of women diagnosed with a gynecologic malignancy before desired completion of childbearing. Many of the standard treatments for these malignancies result in permanent sterility; however, there are now options for select young women who desire to preserve fertility. Patients should be told that data on fertility-sparing procedures are limited and that many of these options are of an experimental, nonstandard nature. The care of these patients is challenging and complex and requires a multidisciplinary approach, which should include gynecologic oncologists, reproductive endocrinologists, and perinatologists.

publication date

  • September 1, 2005

Research

keywords

  • Fertility
  • Genital Neoplasms, Female

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 26444457335

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1634/theoncologist.10-8-613

PubMed ID

  • 16177285

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 10

issue

  • 8