hrp0089pl1 | Oncofertility: From Bench to Bedside to Babies | ESPE2018

Oncofertility: From Bench to Bedside to Babies

Woodruff Teresa

Facing a cancer diagnosis at any age is devastating. However, young cancer patients have the added burden that life-preserving cancer treatments, including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, may compromise their future fertility. The possibility of reproductive dysfunction as a consequence of cancer treatment has a negative impact on the quality of life of cancer survivors. The field of oncofertility, which merges the clinical specialties of oncology and reproductive end...