Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Having Children After Cancer: How to Make Informed Choices Before and After Treatment and Build the Family of Your Dreams
    Unavailable
    Having Children After Cancer: How to Make Informed Choices Before and After Treatment and Build the Family of Your Dreams
    Unavailable
    Having Children After Cancer: How to Make Informed Choices Before and After Treatment and Build the Family of Your Dreams
    Ebook240 pages3 hours

    Having Children After Cancer: How to Make Informed Choices Before and After Treatment and Build the Family of Your Dreams

    By Gina M. Shaw and Hope S. Rugo

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    Yes, you can have children after cancer.
     
    When faced with a cancer diagnosis, many doctors and patients rush full-speed ahead into treatment, giving minimal attention to the potential fertility implications. Luckily, the field of oncofertility is growing quickly, and medical writer Gina Shaw, herself a cancer survivor, is ready to unravel the complex and evolving issues involved in pre- and post-cancer fertility and family-building options—for both men and women. Having Children After Cancer gives you all the tools you need to:

    • Understand how different cancers can affect fertility
    • Identify which treatments―chemo, radiation, and surgery―can potentially impair your fertility
    • Discuss fertility-sparing treatment options with your doctor
    • Select the fertility preservation method that’s right for you—from freezing eggs, embryos, and sperm to preserving ovarian tissue
    • Analyze the chances of getting pregnant—using natural methods and with in vitro fertilization
    • Determinethe best time to get pregnant (and which drug therapies to avoid while doing so)
    • Have a healthy post-cancer pregnancy
    • Navigate surrogacy and what to tell prospective candidates about your medical history
    • Consider adoption and learn about survivor-friendly adoption programs and countries
    • Find sample medical letters and other insurance-company red-tape busting information
    • Think through the implications of mother- and fatherhood after cancer
    • Figure out how to talk to your children about the big C
    With a foreword by top oncologist Hope Rugo of the UCSF Cancer Center, this first and only cancer-and-fertility guide for patients and survivors will allow you to be your own best advocate throughout the journey.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateFeb 22, 2011
    ISBN9781587613654
    Unavailable
    Having Children After Cancer: How to Make Informed Choices Before and After Treatment and Build the Family of Your Dreams

    Related to Having Children After Cancer

    Related ebooks

    Wellness For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      The Care Women Really Need

      Oct 25, 2019

      I LOST MY GRANDMOTHER AND MY MOTHER TO BREAST CANCER. I remember once holding my mother’s hand, as she was receiving chemotherapy, when she started to turn purple and I had to race to get the nurse. Now there are new ways to identify which chemothera

      5 min read

    • Article

      Bedrest Is Bunk

      Aug 6, 2018

      Bedrest Is Bunk
      11 min read

    • Article

      Call The Midwife!

      Jan 20, 2020

      Call The Midwife!
      6 min read

    • Article

      Young And Healthy And Waiting To Get Cancer

      May 27, 2020

      I’m young and perfectly healthy, but I’m waiting for the day when I finally get sick. While many of us are locked down in our homes due to the coronavirus pandemic, it may feel like the world is currently sharing a collective period of waiting. Howev

      7 min read

    • Article

      I Treated Breast Cancer for Years as a Doctor. Then I Was Diagnosed

      Oct 7, 2017

      I WAS A CANCER EXPERT LONG BEFORE I WAS A PATIENT: in control and invulnerable. Yet all of that changed with one phone call. Seeing the familiar number from my university’s radiology department, I knew it would be a “finding of concern.” With a pang

      3 min read

    • Article

      Cancer Survivors More Likely to Give Birth Early

      Apr 6, 2017

      Women who underwent cancer treatment during their childbearing years more commonly gave birth prematurely, and to babies whose weights were below normal, research shows. Cancer survivors also had a slightly higher rate of cesarean section deliveries,

      3 min read

    • Article

      Testing Times Of Pregnancy

      Apr 30, 2018

      Some women say their first pregnancy was like starting a business or planning a wedding. “If I knew then what I know now, I would have done things differently.” As I watch a woman journey from pre-conception through to the terrible twos, it seems to

      3 min read

    • Article

      What Medicine Has Taught Me

      Jul 29, 2022

      What Medicine Has Taught Me
      2 min read

    • Article

      Opinion: When Women Are Denied An Abortion, Their Children Fare Worse Than Peers

      Dec 5, 2018

      Women who are denied abortions face diminished opportunities to achieve other life goals, gain secure financial footing, and have a child or children she can support and cherish.

      3 min read

    • Article

      Opinion: Are Embryos People? The Answer Will Determine The Future Of Reproductive Medicine

      Jul 24, 2018

      The announcement that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will retire at the end of the month and President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to take his place has spurred concern over the future of women’s reproductive options. Not only is the

      4 min read

    • Article

      Pregnant Women Who Need Medications Face a Risky Guessing Game. A Federal Task Force Is Now Trying to Help

      Dec 5, 2017

      Congress last year created an NIH task force to study why women can't get reliable answers on medication use during pregnancy — and to recommend solutions.

      9 min read

    • Article

      Before They Transition, Some Transgender Youth Preserve Fertility By Banking Sperm Or Eggs

      Apr 5, 2018

      The summer after high school, Kacey Cabanban came out as transgender and was about to begin the transition to live as a man. But first the teen who grew up in north suburban Wauconda, Ill., faced one more weighty choice: whether to preserve his ferti

      6 min read

    • Article

      Pregnant While Black

      Jun 26, 2018

      Pregnant While Black
      4 min read

    • Article

      Jana’s NEW JOURNEY

      Nov 28, 2021

      Is there anything Jana Pittman can’t do? She’s a former Olympic athlete and mother of four (who’s currently expecting twins), an SAS Australia alum and a doctor specialising in women’s health! “Medicine has been a dream of mine since I was a child. I

      2 min read

    • Article

      Opinion: Pregnancy-related Deaths Reflect How Implicit Bias Harms Women. We Need To Fix That

      Jul 10, 2019

      Women going through pregnancy and childbirth deserve a health care system that supports them, not one that scares them or puts them on defense.

      3 min read

    • Article

      A Baby With a Disease Gene or No Baby at All: Genetic Testing of Embryos Creates an Ethical Morass

      Oct 23, 2017

      People have access to more information about their own genes — or, in this case, about the genes of their potential offspring — than ever before.

      9 min read

    • Article

      The Risk and Opportunity of Online Fertility Groups

      Jul 22, 2022

      Seeking health advice on the web is precarious. But for some people, internet strangers provide helpful information and emotional support.

      5 min read

    • Article

      The Goddess Myth

      Oct 21, 2017

      The Goddess Myth
      12 min read

    • Article

      A Year in Women’s Health: 10 STAT Stories Worth Reading

      Dec 27, 2017

      Some of our best stories of the year have been about issues affecting women's health. Here are a few.

      3 min read

    • Article

      Opinion: With Only ‘Shaky Data’ To Go On, It’s Tough To Practice Evidence-based Medicine During The Covid-19 Pandemic

      Apr 11, 2020

      Part of my job as an obstetrician is to keep up with the latest evidence so I can provide the best care for my patients. But I've never felt as…

      3 min read

    • Article

      Take Your Pick

      Feb 29, 2020

      Take Your Pick
      3 min read

    Reviews for Having Children After Cancer

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words