Strategies for fertility preservation in young early breast cancer patients

作者：Nicoletta Tomasi-Cont, Matteo Lambertini, Sofie Hulsbosch, Fedro Alessandro Peccatori, Frédéric Amant · 发表于：The Breast · 年份：2014 · DOI：10.1016/j.breast.2014.05.024 · 被引用次数：44 · 研究领域：Reproductive Biology and Fertility、Ovarian function and disorders、Cancer Risks and Factors

Diagnosis of breast cancer in young women poses a threat to fertility. Due to a recent trend of delaying pregnancy, an increasing number of breast cancer patients in reproductive age wish to bear children. Health care providers have the responsibility to know how to manage fertility issues in cancer survivors. Oncofertility counseling is of great importance to many young women diagnosed with cancer and should be managed in a multi-disciplinary background. Most of young breast cancer patients are candidate to receive chemotherapy, which could lead to premature ovarian failure. A baseline evaluation of ovarian reserve may help in considering the different fertility preservation options. The choice of the suitable strategy depends also on age, type of chemotherapy, partner status and patients' motivation. Various options are available, some established such as embryo and oocyte cryopreservation, some still experimental such as ovarian tissue cryopreservation and ovarian suppression with GnRHa during chemotherapy. An early referral to a reproductive specialist should be offered to patients at risk of infertility who are interested in fertility preservation.