Fertility Preservation and Endocrine care in Oncological and Non-Oncological Diseases

Zusatztext

This practical updated second edition focuses on the latest advances in fertility preservation in oncological and non-oncological patients. It provides all the information a reproductive physician needs to manage patients requiring fertility counselling. It covers most oncological and non-oncological diseases and conditions in terms of prognosis, therapies, risk of fertility loss and disease-specific fertility preservation recommendations. It presents first the pre-treatment steps to be taken for successful fertility preservation, then detailed information about the range of conditions requiring fertility preservation, followed by all the fertility preservation measures to be considered. Finally it covers what to do during and after cancer treatment such as treatment of heavy uterine bleeding, secondary fertility preservation, contraception, infertility treatment and pregnancies and menopause management. Written by experts in the field, including members of the renowned FertiPROTEKT network, this practical book provides physicians with all the practical information needed under the time pressure of patient counselling, as well as detailed background information.

Autorenportrait

Michael von Wolff is Head of the Division of Gynaecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine at the Women`s University Hospital, Berne, Switzerland. He has studied and worked in Germany, London, New York and since 2009 in Switzerland. His research focuses on fertility preservation and natural/minimal stimulation IVF, as well as ovarian stimulation and ovarian tissue transplantation.  He established the German-language network of fertility preservation before cytotoxic therapies FertiPROTEKT (www.fertiprotekt.com) in 2006. He also founded the ESHRE Task Force on Fertility Preservation, has co-founded the Special Interest Group Fertility preservation of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, ESHRE.    Frank Nawroth Prof. Dr. med., was a Senior Physician and Head of the Department of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine at the University Women's Hospital in Cologne from 1999-2004, and since 2008 has been an Adjunct Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics there. Since 2010 he has been working at the Center for Infertility, Prenatal Medicine, Endocrinology and Osteology at Barkhof, Hamburg, where he focuses mainly on fertility preservation and treatment of infertility. He has published several books and papers and is a member of the FertiPROTEKT board.

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