Main description:

This unique textbook is designed to provide a summary of state of the art developments in both male and female fertility and its association with cancer for both new and experienced practitioners. Clear, concise and readable, the text allows the reader to obtain rapid answers to this challenging medical issue. Special emphasis is placed on diagnostic and treatment algorithms. Topics covered include demographics of cancer in the reproductive age male, fertility conditions which predispose to cancer development, the role of assisted reproduction for fertility management, as well as fertility preservation strategies for the male and female cancer patients.

Cancer and Fertility will be of great value to general urologists, uro-oncologists, gynecologists, medical oncologists, obstetricians, primary care providers, allied health providers.

Contents:

Cancer and Fertility

Series: Current
Clinical Urology

Editor: Edmund S. Sabanegh
Jr., MD

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Demographics of Cancer in the Reproductive Age Male
- Kiranpreet K. Khurana and Joseph P. Alukal

Chapter 2. Demographics of Cancer in the Reproductive Age Female
- Jason M. Franasiak and Richard T. Scott, Jr.

Chapter 3. Physiology of Spermatogenesis - Opportunities for
Disruption - Julie Won-Ching Cheng, Kristene Myklak and Edmund Y. Ko

Chapter 4. Fertility Assessment in the Male - Alan Scott
Polackwich, Jr. and Edmund S. Sabanegh, Jr.

Chapter 5. Fertility Assessment in the Female - Jeffrey M. Goldberg,
Sara Arian and Pardis
Hosseinzadeh

Chapter 6. Fertility
Conditions associated with Cancer Development - Kevin A. Ostrowski and Thomas
J. Walsh

Chapter 7. Chemotherapy and Fertility - Sarah C. Vij and Timothy
Gilligan

Chapter 8. Radiation therapy and Fertility - Jay P. Ciezki

Chapter 9. Sperm Banking for Cancer Patients - Ashok Agarwal
and Rakesh Sharma

Chapter 10. Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Male
Cancer Patient - Kelly A. Chiles and Peter N. Schlegel

Chapter 11. Fertility
Preservation in the Female Cancer Patient - Rebecca Flyckt and Tommaso
Falcone

Chapter 12. Cancer Treatment in Pregnancy - Jeff Chapa

Chapter 13. Surgical Approaches for Sperm Harvest in the
Azoospermic Cancer Patient - James Wren and Robert E. Brannigan

Chapter 14. Stem Cells and Fertility - James F. Smith and Kirk
C. Lo

Chapter 15. The Role of Assisted Reproduction in the Cancer
Patient - Pasquale Patrizio and Paolo Emanuele Levi-Setti

Chapter 16. Third Party Reproduction - Gretchen Collins and James M. Goldfarb