Having Children After Cancer: How to Make Informed Choices Before and After Treatment and Build the Family of Your Dreams

Authors: Shaw, Gina M.
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale, Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
BISAC/Subject: HEA041000, HEA045000, HEA039030
ISBN: 9781587613654, Related ISBNs: 158761054X, 1587613654, 9781587610547, 9781587613654
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 224,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: Yes, you can have children after cancer.
 
When faced with a cancer diagnosis, many doctors and patients rush full-speed ahead into treatment, giving minimal attention to the potential fertility implications. Luckily, the field of oncofertility is growing quickly, and medical writer Gina Shaw, herself a cancer survivor, is ready to unravel the complex and evolving issues involved in pre- and post-cancer fertility and family-building options—for both men and women. Having Children After Cancer gives you all the tools you need to:

  • Understand how different cancers can affect fertility
  • Identify which treatments―chemo, radiation, and surgery―can potentially impair your fertility
  • Discuss fertility-sparing treatment options with your doctor
  • Select the fertility preservation method that’s right for you—from freezing eggs, embryos, and sperm to preserving ovarian tissue
  • Analyze the chances of getting pregnant—using natural methods and with in vitro fertilization
  • Determinethe best time to get pregnant (and which drug therapies to avoid while doing so)
  • Have a healthy post-cancer pregnancy
  • Navigate surrogacy and what to tell prospective candidates about your medical history
  • Consider adoption and learn about survivor-friendly adoption programs and countries
  • Find sample medical letters and other insurance-company red-tape busting information
  • Think through the implications of mother- and fatherhood after cancer
  • Figure out how to talk to your children about the big C
With a foreword by top oncologist Hope Rugo of the UCSF Cancer Center, this first and only cancer-and-fertility guide for patients and survivors will allow you to be your own best advocate throughout the journey.
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