Cancer and Reproductive Health

This book connects the complexity of cancer with fertility, conception and pregnancy.

Sean Kehoe (Edited by), Eric Jauniaux (Edited by), Pierre Martin-Hirsch (Edited by), Philip Savage (Edited by)

9781904752615, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)

Paperback / softback, published 1 November 2008

304 pages
23.4 x 15.6 x 1.4 cm, 0.54 kg

While cancer affects primarily the elderly, it also occurs in younger age groups, with different implications specifically relating to reproduction. Cancer can also occur during pregnancy itself. This brings together two diverse areas of medicine, encompassing the complexity of cancer and its varied biology and the equally challenging areas of fertility, conception and pregnancy. The 55th RCOG Study Group brought together a range of experts to examine these issues. This book presents the findings of the Study Group, with sections covering: • epidemiology, genetics and basic principles of chemotherapy and radiotherapy • fertility issues and paediatric cancers • gynaecological cancers and precancer • diagnostic dilemmas • the placenta • non-gynaecological cancers • multidisciplinary care and service provision.

Section I. Epidemiology, Genetics and Basic Principles of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy: 1. Epidemiology of cancer in women during reproductive life Joanne Morrison and Sean Kehoe
2. Cancer genetics and reproduction Fiona Lalloo and Tara Clancy
3. Chemotherapy in the treatment of pregnant women with cancer Elyce Cardonick
4. Radiotherapy and cancer Mary McCormack
Section 2. Fertility Issues and Paediatric Cancers: 5. Assisted reproductive technology for preserving fertility in women with cancer Shaun Fountain
6. Fertility after cancer therapy Melanie Davies
7. Fertility-preserving surgery in women with cancer of the cervix John Shepherd
8. Gonadal function and fertility issues in children and young people treated for cancer W. Hamish B. Wallace
Section 3. Gynaecological Cancers and Precancer: 9. Management of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia during pregnancy Evangelos Paraskevaidis and George Koliopoulos
10. Impact of LLETZ on subsequent pregnancies Evangelos Paraskevaidis and Maria Kyrgiou
11. Ovarian masses and malignancies Sin Taylor and Pierre Martin-Hirsch
12. Cervical and endometrial cancer in relation to pregnancy Nigel Acheson
Section 4. Diagnostic Dilemmas: 13. Imaging techniques Niall Moore and Anna Sharman
14. Serum markers for gynaecological cancer in the reproductive years Ranjit Manchanda and Usha Menon
15. Diagnostic dilemmas in cellular pathology Sanjiv Manek
Section 5. The Placenta: 16. Placental and fetal malignancies Eric Jauniaux and Neil Sebire
17. Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia Philip Savage
Section 6. Non-Gynaecological Cancers: 18. Pregnancy and breast cancer Martin Widschwendter, Paul Ellis and Michael Baum
19. The haematological malignancies Jane Apperley and Seonaid Pye
20. Melanoma and reproductive health Julia Newton-Bishop
Section 7. Multidisciplinary Care and Service Provision
21. Multidisciplinary care Cathy Hughes and Nichola Kane
Section 8. Consensus Views: 22. Consensus views arising from the 55th Study Group: Cancer and Reproductive Health
Index.

Subject Areas: Women's health [VFDW], Gynaecology & obstetrics [MJT], Oncology [MJCL], Medicine [M]