Fertility Preservation in Female Children and Adolescent Cancer Patients
The five-year survival rate for childhood cancer now exceeds 80%, leading to an increasing number of young women who may confront infertility in the future due to the gonadotoxic effects of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. Despite current guidelines advocating for fertility preservation counsel...
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| description | The five-year survival rate for childhood cancer now exceeds 80%, leading to an increasing number of young women who may confront infertility in the future due to the gonadotoxic effects of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. Despite current guidelines advocating for fertility preservation counseling and necessary reproductive protection measures for all patients, significant barriers and ethical considerations persist, particularly within the pediatric and adolescent female population. In this review, we provide an overview of the impact and mechanisms of anti-tumor therapies on ovarian function, fertility preservation strategies for pediatric and adolescent patients, and the associated costs and ethical considerations that need to be addressed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6ca490d2757d4800a6f871467d0a8cd72025-08-20T01:56:20ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672025-05-0112564710.3390/children12050647Fertility Preservation in Female Children and Adolescent Cancer PatientsMin Wang0Chao Yang1Department of Surgical Oncology, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, ChinaDepartment of Surgical Oncology, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, ChinaThe five-year survival rate for childhood cancer now exceeds 80%, leading to an increasing number of young women who may confront infertility in the future due to the gonadotoxic effects of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. Despite current guidelines advocating for fertility preservation counseling and necessary reproductive protection measures for all patients, significant barriers and ethical considerations persist, particularly within the pediatric and adolescent female population. In this review, we provide an overview of the impact and mechanisms of anti-tumor therapies on ovarian function, fertility preservation strategies for pediatric and adolescent patients, and the associated costs and ethical considerations that need to be addressed.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/12/5/647fertility preservationcancerpediatricadolescentfemale |
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| title | Fertility Preservation in Female Children and Adolescent Cancer Patients |
| title_full | Fertility Preservation in Female Children and Adolescent Cancer Patients |
| title_fullStr | Fertility Preservation in Female Children and Adolescent Cancer Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fertility Preservation in Female Children and Adolescent Cancer Patients |
| title_short | Fertility Preservation in Female Children and Adolescent Cancer Patients |
| title_sort | fertility preservation in female children and adolescent cancer patients |
| topic | fertility preservation cancer pediatric adolescent female |
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