Current Issues in Fertility Preservation Among Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer Patients.
Marie NelsonJennifer M LevinePublished in: Current oncology reports (2023)
The creation of standardized infertility risk assessment guidelines offers the opportunity to provide greater consistency in clinical care and to provide a current baseline for future research studies seeking to refine risk stratification for individual patients. New agents are being introduced into cancer care; as their use increases, information about their impact on fertility is being studied. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation offers a new standard of care option for fertility preservation, but additional studies are needed to further assess efficacy and impact on ovarian reserve among pediatric and adolescent patients. Standardization of fertility preservation recommendations among certain sub-populations may also make it easier to provide greater consistency in clinical care. Advances continue to be made in the field of fertility preservation, but dissemination of this information is critical to moving toward fertility preservation truly being a part of comprehensive cancer care.
Keyphrases
- childhood cancer
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- risk assessment
- mental health
- ejection fraction
- palliative care
- young adults
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- quality improvement
- health information
- chronic pain
- metabolic syndrome
- pain management
- current status
- health insurance
- climate change
- insulin resistance
- skeletal muscle