Principles and practice of fertility preservation / edited by Jacques Donnez, S. Samuel Kim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Donnez, Jacques, editor.

Kim, S. Samuel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human reproduction.

Cancer--Treatment--Complications.

Cancer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 517 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Principles & Practice of Fertility Preservation

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Summary:

The specialty of fertility preservation offers patients with cancer, who are rendered infertile by chemo- and radiotherapy, the opportunity to realize their reproductive potential. This gold-standard publication defines the specialty. The full range of techniques and scientific concepts is covered in detail, and the author team includes many of the world's leading experts in the field. The book opens with introductions to fertility preservation in both cancer and non-cancer patients, followed by cancer biology, epidemiology and treatment, and reproductive biology and cryobiology. Subsequent sections cover fertility preservation strategies in males and females, including medical/surgical procedures, ART, cryopreservation and transplantation of both ovarian tissue and the whole ovary, and in-vitro follicle growth and maturation. Concluding chapters address future technologies, as well as ethical, legal and religious issues. Richly illustrated throughout, this is a key resource for all clinicians specializing in reproductive medicine, gynecology, oncology, hematology, endocrinology and infertility.

Contents:

Evolution of ART

Effect of chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment for cancer on the reproductive system in humans

Fertility preservation in non-cancer patients

Cancer biology, epidemiology and treatment

Basic cancer biology and immunology

Breast cancer and fertility preservation: a view from oncology

Breast cancer therapy and reproduction

Pediatric cancer therapy and fertility

Cancer epidemiology and environmental factors in children, adolescents and young adults

Reproductive biology and cryobiology

Life and death in the germ line: apoptosis and the origins of DNA damage in human spermatozoa

Molecular aspects of follicular development

Fundamental cryobiology of reproductive cells and tissues: concepts and misconceptions

Fundamental aspects of vitrification as a method of reproductive cell, tissue, and organ cryopreservation

Fertilitypreservation strategies in the male

Hormonal suppression for fertility preservation in the male

Cryopreservation of spermatozoa: old routine and new perspectives

Transplantation of cryopreserved spermatogonia

Cryopreservation and transplantation of testicular tissue

Assisted reproductive techniques and donor sperm in cancer patients

Fertility preservation strategies in the female: medical/surgical

Use of GnRH agonists for prevention of chemotherapy-induced gonado-toxicity

Ovarian transposition

Fertility-saving surgery for cervical cancer

Results of conservative management of ovarian malignant tumors

Fertility preservation stategies in the female: ART

Embryo cryopreservation as a fertility preservation strategy

Oocyte cryopreservation: slow freezing

Cryopreservation of human oocytes and the evolution of vitrification technology for this purpose

Cryopreservation and transplantation of isolated follicles

ART and oocyte donation in cancer survivors

Ovarian cryopreservation and transplantation

General overview of ovarian cryobanking

Ovarian tissue cryopreservation

Ovarian tissue transplantation

Whole ovary freezing

Ovarian transplantation: whole ovary transplantation

In-vitro follicle growth and maturation

Molecular and cellular integrity of cultured follicles

In-vitro growth systems for human oocytes: from primordial to maturation

Contributions of ovarian stromal cells to follicle culture

In-vitro maturation of GV oocytes

Clinical potential of in-vitro maturation

Future technologies

From pluripotent stem cells to germ cells

Artificial ovary

Predicting ovarian futures: the contribution of genetics

Ethical, legal and religious issues with fertility preservation

Psychological issues of cancer survivors

Fertility preservation: ethical considerations

Legal aspects of fertility preservation

Christian ethics in fertility preservation.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-92189-6

0-511-99420-6

0-511-98743-9

1-282-96714-2

9786612967146

0-511-99200-9

0-511-99301-3

0-511-98921-0

0-511-99100-2

OCLC:

700706173