CURRENT FERTILITY PRESERVATION METHODS IN WOMEN WITH CANCER

Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer have greatly enhanced the life expectancy of women with cancer. As a result, there is a growing population of adolescent and adult long-term survivors of cancer. The continuous development of techniques of assisted human reproduction has led to important strategies in an attempt to maintain reproductive function in patients subjected to chemoand radiotherapy treatment of cancer, among them cryopreservation of embryos, gametes, and ovarian cortical tissue.