Setting Up a Pediatric Oncofertility Practice

Abstract

The rate of cure for childhood cancer is now over 80 % due to tremendous therapeutic advances over the past 50 years. Survivors now comprise approximately 1 of every 640 young adults aged 18–45 living in the United States (www.childrensoncologygroup.org). The number of childhood cancer survivors continues to grow. Today childhood cancer survivors are living well into adulthood. The goals of pediatric oncology treatment include achieving cure but also doing so in a way that minimizes a lifetime of late effects. One such late effect of therapy is the impact on fertility.