Fertility Preservation in Oncological and Non-Oncological Diseases

Before fertility preservation: Networks for fertility preservation.- Logistics for fertility preservation counselling in adults and children.- Indication for and against fertility preservation.- How to use the book.-  Fertility preservation - diseases: Breast cancer.- Hodgkin's lymphoma.-  Ovarian tumors.- Cervical cancer.- Endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial carcinoma.- Pediatric oncological cancer.- Other malignancies.- Stem cell transplantation in non-malignant diseases.- Rheumatism - severe autoimmune diseases.- Endometriosis.- Turner syndrome.- Transgender.- Fertility preservation - techniques: Ovarian stimulation to collect oocytes.- Cryopreservation of unfertilized and fertilized oocytes.- Removal of ovarian tissue.- Transportation.-  cryopreservation and storage of ovarian tissue.- Transplantation of ovarian tissue.- GnRH agonists.- Transposition of ovaries.- Cryopreservation of sperm and testicular tissue.- Further techniques.-  After fertility preservation: Therapy of uterine bleeding during chemotherapy.- Infertility treatment after transplantation of ovarian tissue.- Pregnancy after chemotherapy and radiation of the pelvis.- Premature ovarian insufficiency.- Hormone replacement therapy and follow up.

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 most recently in Switzerland. His research focuses on fertility preservation and natural cycle IVF, as well as ovarian stimulation and ovarian tissue transplantation and has published several books and papers. 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 and is Vice president of the International Society for Fertility Preservation, ISFP.

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.