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Fertility Preservation and Adolescent Cancer Patients: Lessons from Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Their Parents

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Oncofertility Fertility Preservation for Cancer Survivors

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research ((CTAR,volume 138))

Building on 40 years of progress in cancer detection and treatment, survival rates for childhood cancers have risen from 20 % to almost 80 % [1,2]. Approximately 270,000 Americans are childhood cancer survivors and, by 2010, an estimated 1 in every 250 adults will be living with a history of childhood cancer [2,3]. The early and late effects of treatment are beginning to take on greater importance for survivors, their families and providers [4]. Increasing numbers of childhood cancer survivors are beginning to face a new challenge in returning to normalcy after cancer.

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    Carrie L. Nieman BS

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    Karen E. Kinahan MS, RN, APRN, Susan E. Yount PhD, Sarah K. Rosenbloom PhD, Kathleen J. Yost PhD, Elizabeth A. Hahn MA, Timothy Volpe, Kimberley J. Dilley MD, MPH & Laurie Zoloth PhD

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    Director Teresa K. Woodruff PhD

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Nieman, C.L. et al. (2007). Fertility Preservation and Adolescent Cancer Patients: Lessons from Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Their Parents. In: Woodruff, T.K., Snyder, K.A. (eds) Oncofertility Fertility Preservation for Cancer Survivors. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 138. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72293-1_15

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