Fertility after cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy: A call to action.
Caroline VioletteTesia KimLisa ShandleyRachel M LeeCharles StaleyJoshua WinerShishir MaithelHeather HippJennifer KawwassMaria C RussellPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2021)
Few patients after CRS/HIPEC retain child-bearing potential, partly due to the high rate of hysterectomy and oophorectomy at time of surgery. Efforts towards improved preoperative counseling, increased oocyte cryopreservation, and evaluating the safety of preserving reproductive organs at the time of surgery are needed.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- surgical site infection
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- mental health
- patients undergoing
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- radiation therapy
- smoking cessation
- risk assessment
- acute coronary syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- human immunodeficiency virus
- breast cancer risk