Fertility Preservation in Gynecological Cancer

This book was written for the complex scenario of fertility-sparing management in gynaecological cancer. In reproductive age women, appropriate counselling is mandatory in any cancer diagnosis, including discussing the long-term consequences of the different treatment options on fertility and the possibility of fertility preservation. However, women affected by gynaecological cancer must consider that treatment options including hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy in most cases. Therefore, in gynaecological cancer, the standard treatment often consists of an inevitable loss of fertility. The direct consequence is that fertility preservation management does not always result in the optimal treatment of the disease, which increases the risk of worsening oncologic outcomes. This book discusses all the elements involved in managing these patients to provide a complete and detailed overview of fertility preservation management options in young women affected by gynaecological cancers. Specifically, this book discusses the role of genetic assessment and counselling, the effect of anticancer treatments for gynaecological cancer on fertility, classic fertility preservation techniques adapted to gynaecological cancer, detailed and specific fertility preservation management for cervical, ovarian, and endometrial cancer, and the role of a multidisciplinary approach in these patients.