Book contents
- Fertility Preservation
- Fertility Preservation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Reproductive Biology and Cryobiology
- Section 3 Fertility Preservation in Cancer and Non-Cancer Patients
- Section 4 Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Male
- Section 5 Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Female: Medical/Surgical
- Section 6 Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Female: ART
- Section 7 Ovarian Cryopreservation and Transplantation
- Section 8 In Vitro Follicle Culture
- Section 9 New Research and Technologies
- Section 10 Ethical, Legal, and Religious Issues
- Chapter 38 Fertility Preservation
- Chapter 39 Legal Issues of Fertility Preservation
- Chapter 40 Christian Ethics in Fertility Preservation
- Index
- References
Chapter 39 - Legal Issues of Fertility Preservation
from Section 10 - Ethical, Legal, and Religious Issues
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 March 2021
- Fertility Preservation
- Fertility Preservation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Reproductive Biology and Cryobiology
- Section 3 Fertility Preservation in Cancer and Non-Cancer Patients
- Section 4 Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Male
- Section 5 Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Female: Medical/Surgical
- Section 6 Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Female: ART
- Section 7 Ovarian Cryopreservation and Transplantation
- Section 8 In Vitro Follicle Culture
- Section 9 New Research and Technologies
- Section 10 Ethical, Legal, and Religious Issues
- Chapter 38 Fertility Preservation
- Chapter 39 Legal Issues of Fertility Preservation
- Chapter 40 Christian Ethics in Fertility Preservation
- Index
- References
Summary
Fertility preservation is a new subfield of reproductive medicine aimed at preserving the potential for genetic parenthood in adults or children at risk of sterility before undergoing anti-cancer treatments. Modern and powerful chemo- and radiotherapy protocols are either curing or significantly extending the survival for many young patients with cancer. Five-year survival rates for Caucasian and Hispanic American women have increased for Hodgkin’s lymphoma from 86 to 98% in the quarter century before the year 2000 and for breast cancer from 78 to 91% [1]. At the same time, diagnoses of some malignant diseases have become more prevalent (e.g., breast and testicular cancer) [2]. The net effect has been an increase in patients of reproductive age (and pre-pubertal) at risk of sterilization or early menopause by the effects of ionizing radiation or alkylating agents such as cyclophosphamide and platinum-based drugs.
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- Fertility PreservationPrinciples and Practice, pp. 442 - 451Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021