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Chapter 16 - Contraception for Cancer Patients

from Section 3 - Contraception and Medical Conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2022

By
Johannes Bitzer
Edited by
Johannes Bitzer  and
Tahir A. Mahmood
Johannes Bitzer
Affiliation:
University Women’s Hospital, Basel
Tahir A. Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Summary

Prevalence of disease, risks, impact on fertility, Medical Eligibility Criteria 3 and 4, advantages, disadvantages, special considerations

Keywords

Breast canceruterine cancersovarian cancerstrophoblastic diseasehaematologic cancers
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Handbook of Contraception and Sexual Reproductive Healthcare , pp. 101 - 109
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Gompel, A, Ramirez, I, Bitzer, J. European Society of Contraception Expert Group on hormonal contraception in cancer survivors: an expert review Part I. Breast and gynaecological cancers. Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care. 2019 Jun; 24(3):167–74.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
WHO. Medical Eligibility Criteria For Contraceptive Use (Internet, cited 2016 Sep 19). Available from: www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/family_planning/MEC-5/en/w=1&sort=0&submit=%C2%A0Execute%C2%A0Google Scholar
Medical Eligibility Criteria UK Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health. London https://www.fsrh.org/ukmec/Google Scholar
Schwarz, EB, Hess, R, Trussell, J. Contraception for cancer survivors. J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Nov; 24 Suppl 2:S401-6. doi: 10.1007/s11606-009-1023-8. Review.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Society of Family Planning. Cancer and contraception. Clinical Guidelines. Society of Family Planning/Contraception. 2012; 86(3):191–8.Google Scholar
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The management of gestational trophoblastic disease (Green–top Guideline). 2010 Feb; 38.Google Scholar
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2016. Recommendations and Reports 65(3), July 29, 2016.Google Scholar

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