Open AccessEthical, moral and other aspects related to fertility preservation in cancer patients
Author(s) -
Bruno Ramalho de Carvalho,
Jhenifer Kliemchen,
Teresa K. Woodruff
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jbra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1518-0557
pISSN - 1517-5693
DOI - 10.5935/1518-0557.20170011
Subject(s) - oncofertility , fertility preservation , fertility , context (archaeology) , reproductive medicine , engineering ethics , ethical issues , quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , gynecology , psychology , biology , engineering , pregnancy , environmental health , population , nursing , paleontology , genetics
Post-treatment fertility emerges as an important issue in the early counseling of individuals with cancer, since survivors may have their quality of life affected by the occurrence of functional failure of the gonads because of antineoplastic therapies. In the context, oncofertility has been developed as an interdisciplinary field of study that combines expertise in reproductive medicine and oncology, to provide strategies aiming to maintain the possibility of future procreation. Today, we have many options and techniques available for the preservation of gametes in men and women. Some of them are already considered well established and used in routine, but ethical and moral issues on the subject still need to be debated.