Oncofertility: Ethical, Legal, Social, and Medical Perspectives (Cancer Treatment and Research Book 156)

Oncofertility has emerged as a way to address potential lost or impaired fertility in those with a history of cancer. Active biomedical research is developing new ways to help those afflicted with cancer to preserve their ability to have biological children. Oncofertility: Ethical, Legal, Social, and Medical Perspectives moves beyond oncofertility as a science and medical technology and begins to address the social, legal, and ethical ramifications of this emerging field. Dr. Teresa K. Woodruff establishes a team of oncologists, fertility specialists, social scientists, and education and policy makers to engage in an interdisciplinary discussion on the clinical care of women who will lose their fertility due to cancer treatment. "Cancer and its treatment will often compromise fertility. Concerns relevant to reproduction remains one of the most important issues for patients. In this text renown experts discuss the spectrum of critical issues embraced by Oncofertility." - Steven T. Rosen, M.D. Series Editor Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Reproductive Health After Cancer....Pages 3-9 Designing Follicle–Environment Interactions with Biomaterials....Pages 11-24 Gamete Preservation....Pages 25-39 To Transplant or Not to Transplant – That Is the Question....Pages 41-54 Clinical Cases in Oncofertility....Pages 55-67 Cancer Genetics: Risks and Mechanisms of Cancer in Women with Inherited Susceptibility to Epithelial Ovarian Cancer....Pages 69-85 Protecting and Extending Fertility for Females of Wild and Endangered Mammals....Pages 87-100 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 Placing the History of Oncofertility....Pages 103-110 Medical Hope, Legal Pitfalls: Potential Legal Issues in the Emerging Field of Oncofertility....Pages 111-134 Domestic and International Surrogacy Laws: Implications for Cancer Survivors....Pages 135-152 Adoption After Cancer: Adoption Agency Attitudes and Perspectives on the Potential to Parent Post-Cancer....Pages 153-170 Front Matter....Pages 171-171 Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation and Bioethical Discourse....Pages 173-180 The Lessons of Oncofertility for Assisted Reproduction....Pages 181-186 Morally Justifying Oncofertility Research....Pages 187-194 Ethical Dilemmas in Oncofertility: An Exploration of Three Clinical Scenarios....Pages 195-208 Participation in Investigational Fertility Preservation Research: A Feminist Research Ethics Approach....Pages 209-221 Reproductive ‘Choice’ and Egg Freezing....Pages 223-235 The Impact of Infertility: Why ART Should Be a Higher Priority for Women in the Global South....Pages 237-248 Oncofertility and Informed Consent: Addressing Beliefs, Values, and Future Decision Making....Pages 249-258 Front Matter....Pages 259-259 Bioethics and Oncofertility: Arguments and Insights from Religious Traditions....Pages 261-278 Front Matter....Pages 259-259 Sacred Bodies: Considering Resistance to Oncofertility in Muslim Communities....Pages 279-286 Unlikely Motherhood in the Qur’ān: Oncofertility as Devotion....Pages 287-294 Technology and Wholeness: Oncofertility and Catholic Tradition....Pages 295-306 Jewish Perspectives on Oncofertility: The Complexities of Tradition....Pages 307-317 Front Matter....Pages 319-319 The Oncofertility Saturday Academy: A Paradigm to Expand the Educational Opportunities and Ambitions of High School Girls....Pages 321-344 MyOncofertility.org: A Web-Based Patient Education Resource Supporting Decision Making Under Severe Emotional and Cognitive Overload....Pages 345-361 Anticipating Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation in the Health-Care Marketplace: A Willingness to Pay Assessment....Pages 363-370 Perspectives on Oncofertility from Demography and Economics....Pages 371-379 For the Sake of Consistency and Fairness: Why Insurance Companies Should Cover Fertility Preservation Treatment for Iatrogenic Infertility....Pages 381-388 Front Matter....Pages 389-389 Healthcare Provider Perspectives on Fertility Preservation for Cancer Patients....Pages 391-401 Counseling and Consenting Women with Cancer on Their Oncofertility Options: A Clinical Perspective....Pages 403-412 The Fertility-Related Treatment Choices of Cancer Patients: Cancer-Related Infertility and Family Dynamics....Pages 413-428 Whose Future Is It? Ethical Family Decision Making About Daughters’ Treatment in the Oncofertility Context....Pages 429-445 Choosing Life When Facing Death: Understanding Fertility Preservation Decision-Making for Cancer Patients....Pages 447-458 Front Matter....Pages 459-459 Discussing Fertility Preservation with Breast Cancer Patients....Pages 461-466 Warning: Google Can Be Hazardous to Your Health: Fertility Preservation Is an Important Part of Cancer Care....Pages 467-468 The Role of a Patient Navigator in Fertility Preservation....Pages 469-470 Judaism and Reproductive Technology....Pages 471-480 Reading Between the Lines of Cancer and Fertility: A Provider’s Story....Pages 481-484 A Rewarding Experience for a Pediatric Urologist....Pages 485-485 Front Matter....Pages 459-459 Final Thoughts....Pages 487-489 Back Matter....Pages 491-519 Oncofertility has emerged as a way to address potential lost or impaired fertility in cancer patients and survivors, with active biomedical research that is developing new ways to help these individuals preserve their ability to have biological children. In order to move beyond oncofertility as a science and medical technology and begin to address the ethical, legal, and social ramifications of this emerging field, we must give voice to scholars from the humanities and social sciences to engage in a multidisciplinary discussion. This book brings together a pool of experts from a variety of fields, including communication, economics, ethics, history, law, religion, and sociology, to examine the complex issues raised by recent developments in oncofertility and to offer advice from national and international perspectives as we create new technology. Given the inherent interdisciplinary nature of oncofertility, this book is not only valuable, but also necessary to cultivate a deep understanding of new issues with the eventual aim of offering proposals for addressing them. Indeed, this book will be useful for people not only within the humanities and social sciences disciplines but also for those who are confronted with cancer and the possibility of impaired fertility and the medical practitioners within oncology and reproductive medicine who are at the front lines of this emerging field.