Lee Sanghoon, Song Jae Yun, Ku Seung Yup, Kim Sun Haeng, Kim Tak
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Clin Exp Reprod Med. 2012 Jun;39(2):46-51. doi: 10.5653/cerm.2012.39.2.46. Epub 2012 Jun 30.
Fertility preservation (FP) is an effort to retain the fertility of cancer patients, and as an emerging discipline, it plays a central role in cancer care. Because of improvement in diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, an increasingly large number of patients are surviving with cancer. FP specialists should make an effort to spread the significance of FP among reproductive women with cancer and provide appropriate education both for associated physicians and for cancer patients who wish to preserve their fertility. Physicians who take part in the initial diagnosis and management of cancer should consider the importance of early referral of young cancer patients to FP specialists and take care of those patients by providing timely information and appropriate counseling. Individualized treatment strategies should be delivered depending on the patient's situation with appropriate team approach.
生育力保存(FP)是一项旨在保留癌症患者生育能力的举措,作为一门新兴学科,它在癌症治疗中发挥着核心作用。由于诊断和治疗策略的改进,越来越多的癌症患者得以存活。FP专家应努力向患有癌症的育龄女性传播FP的重要性,并为相关医生以及希望保留生育能力的癌症患者提供适当的教育。参与癌症初始诊断和治疗的医生应考虑将年轻癌症患者尽早转诊给FP专家的重要性,并通过提供及时的信息和适当的咨询来照顾这些患者。应根据患者的情况,采用适当的团队协作方式提供个性化的治疗策略。