Main description:

Fertility Preservation: Advances and Controversies is a practical guide to fertility preservation techniques in patients undergoing therapy that may damage reproductive organs, such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

Divided into two sections, the first part provides in depth discussion on different fertility preservation approaches in females, and the second part examines male fertility preservation.

Written by an extensive author and editor team from Canada, the USA and Europe, this concise guide includes detailed algorithms, and numerous images, illustrations and tables.

Key points

Practical guide to fertility preservation in patients undergoing therapy affecting reproductive organs
Examines techniques for both female and male fertility preservation
Extensive, internationally recognised author and editor team
Includes numerous algorithms, images, diagrams and tables

Contents:

Section 1 Fertility Preservation Approaches in the Female

Fertility Preservation in Female Patients: An Overview
Fertility Preservation in Cancer and Noncancer Patients
Reproductive Implications of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy
Ovarian Reserve Testing for Cancer Patients
Medical Approaches for Fertility Preservation in Female Cancer Patients
Ovarian Transposition as a Fertility Preservation Strategy
Surgical Strategies for Fertility Preservation in Women with Cancer
Basics of Cryobiology
Oocyte Cryopreservation
Embryo Cryopreservation
The Challenges and Promises of Whole Human Ovary Cryopreservation
Ovary Transplantation for Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients: Fresh and Frozen
In Vitro Maturation of Oocytes as a Fertility Preservation Strategy
Fertility Preservation in Women with Breast Cancer

Section 2 Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Male

Pathology Affecting Male Fertility
Cryopreservation of Spermatozoa, Individual Sperm and Testicular Tissue
Strategies for Fertility Preservation in the Male Cancer Patient