Cáncer, esterilidad y técnicas de reproducción asistida

Abstract

As a result of innovations in cancer diagnosis and treatment, cancer survival rates have increased during last years, and there are increasingly more cancer survivors of reproductive age who want to have children. However, oncological treatment techniques such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy can cause reduced fertility or sterility in both men and women.

Although oncological patients may benefit from oocyte and semen donation, they can also rely on fertility preservation techniques. These techniques include oocyte vitrification and semen cryopreservation, as well as other less used techniques and those still under development.

Fertility preservation in cancer patients should be an option to be taken into account from the day of diagnosis.