Fertility Preservation
Advances and Controversies

Fertility Preservation: Advances and Controversies is a practical guide to fertility preservation techniques in patients undergoing therapy that may damage reproductive organs, such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

Divided into two sections, the first part provides in depth discussion on different fertility preservation approaches in females, and the second part examines male fertility preservation. 

Written by an extensive author and editor team from Canada, the USA and Europe, this concise guide includes detailed algorithms, and numerous images, illustrations and tables.

Key points

• Practical guide to fertility preservation in patients undergoing therapy affecting reproductive organs
• Examines techniques for both female and male fertility preservation
• Extensive, internationally recognised author and editor team
• Includes numerous algorithms, images, diagrams and tables

Section 1 Fertility Preservation Approaches in the Female

1. Fertility Preservation in Female Patients: An Overview
2. Fertility Preservation in Cancer and Noncancer Patients
3. Reproductive Implications of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy
4. Ovarian Reserve Testing for Cancer Patients
5. Medical Approaches for Fertility Preservation in Female Cancer Patients
6. Ovarian Transposition as a Fertility Preservation Strategy
7. Surgical Strategies for Fertility Preservation in Women with Cancer
8. Basics of Cryobiology
9. Oocyte Cryopreservation
10. Embryo Cryopreservation
11. The Challenges and Promises of Whole Human Ovary Cryopreservation
12. Ovary Transplantation for Fertility Preservation in Cancer Patients: Fresh and Frozen
13. In Vitro Maturation of Oocytes as a Fertility Preservation Strategy
14. Fertility Preservation in Women with Breast Cancer

Section 2 Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Male

1. Pathology Affecting Male Fertility
2. Cryopreservation of Spermatozoa, Individual Sperm and Testicular Tissue
3. Strategies for Fertility Preservation in the Male Cancer Patient

Mohamed A Bedaiwy MD PhD FACOG
Professor and Division Head, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Botros RMB Rizk MD MA FRCOG FRCS HCLD FACOG FACS
Professor and Head, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of South Alabama, USA