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Third Party Reproduction

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Cancer and Fertility

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Abstract

Cancer treatments sometimes result in a lack of reproductive function in both male and female patients. For patients who did not undergo fertility preservation, options for fertility generally involve third party reproduction. For women with no or minimal ovarian function, options include egg or embryo donation. For women without a uterus, a gestational carrier is a treatment option. The only option for sterile men is donor sperm. While there are many medical, legal, and psychological issues with third party reproduction procedures, they allow these couples to have a family.

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Abbreviations

ART:

Assisted reproductive technology

DI:

Donor insemination

DSR:

Donor sibling registry

ICSI:

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection

IVF:

In vitro fertilization

UPA:

Uniform Parentage Act

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Portions of this chapter were obtained, with kind permission of Springer Science+Business Media, from the book: Goldfarb JM. Third Party Reproduction. Springer; 2014.

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  1. Department of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 24107 E Baintree Road, Beachwood, OH, 44122, USA

    Gretchen Collins M.D.

  2. Department of Reproductive Biology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, 24107 E Baintree Road, 1000 Auburn Suite 310, Beachwood, OH, 44122, USA

    James M. Goldfarb M.D., M.B.A.

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Collins, G., Goldfarb, J.M. (2016). Third Party Reproduction. In: Sabanegh, Jr., E. (eds) Cancer and Fertility. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27711-0_16

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