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The unique duality involved in confronting a life-threatening diagnosis while simultaneously considering the deeply human desire to have a child presents a struggle both for patients with cancer and for clinicians. Yet with improved survival rates among young patients with cancer, recent bench-to-bedside translation of new techniques to preserve fertility, and increased awareness of choices for the preservation of fertility, options for family planning are now being offered to patients who have received a diagnosis of cancer. Concerns about fertility are similar for men and women; however, their opportunities for intervention differ considerably. This review describes current and emerging options . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Fertility Preservation in Clinical Practice

Young Women with Breast Cancer

Men with Cancer

Children with Cancer

Making Fertility Preservation a Reality for Patients

Conclusions

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From the Department of Surgery (J.S.J.), the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (T.K.W.), and the Institute for Women's Health Research (T.K.W.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University (J.S.J., T.K.W.) — both in Chicago.

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N Engl J Med 2009; 360:2680-2683, Jun 18, 2009. Correspondence

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