Having Children After Cancer

How to Make Informed Choices Before and After Treatment and Build the Family of Your Dreams

Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Babies & Toddlers, Infertility, Health & Well Being, Health, Ailments & Diseases, Cancer
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Author: Gina M. Shaw ISBN: 9781587613654
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Publication: February 22, 2011
Imprint: Celestial Arts Language: English
Author: Gina M. Shaw
ISBN: 9781587613654
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication: February 22, 2011
Imprint: Celestial Arts
Language: English

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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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:

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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