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Fertility-Sparing Strategies for Women with Gynecologic Cancer

Submission Deadline: 30 Oct 2024

Guest Editors

  • Portrait of Guest Editor Giuseppe Gullo
  • Portrait of Guest Editor Gaspare Cucinella

    Gaspare Cucinella MD, PhD

    Obstetrics and Gynecology, Villa Sofia Cervello Hospital, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Interests: minimally invasive; surgery; infertility; fertility preservation; ginecological cancer

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  • Portrait of Guest Editor Valentina Billone

    Valentina Billone MD, PhD

    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Villa Sofia Cervello Hospital, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Interests: endometrial cancer; cervical cancer; gynecological disease

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  • Portrait of Guest Editor Alessandra Andrisani

    Alessandra Andrisani MD, PhD

    Unit of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Women and Children's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Interests: infertility, ferility preservation, ginecological cancer, reproductive medicine, stem cells, artifial intelligence

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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Fertility-sparing surgery (FSS) is increasingly being offered to women with gynecological malignancies who wish to preserve fertility.

When considering a conservative management approach, disease characteristics should be carefully evaluated to select the therapeutic approach that perfectly fits the patient’s condition and needs. Fertility sparing could be considered for patients who have an interest in preserving fertility, plan to conceive as soon as possible after remission, and undergo no medical contraindication to the medical treatment and have exhibit favorable histopathological characteristics of their cancer.

Therefore, management of these patients should involve a multidisciplinary team. It is generally accepted that exposure of a medical specialist to a rare health problem, or situation, is directly linked to knowledge and quality of care.

Given these considerations, optimal treatment is still debated and no consensus has yet emerged. Guidelines for conservatively managing the fertility of these patients should be drawn up while bearing in mind that adopting an individualized approach for this problem is requires since each patient has different characteristics and expectations regarding motherhood.

Dr.  Giuseppe Gullo, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gaspare Cucinella, Dr. Valentina Billone and Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Alessandra Andrisani
Guest Editors

Keywords

  • fertility sparing
  • gynaecological cancer
  • cancer survivors
  • fertility preservation
  • vitrification
  • medico-legal implication
  • psycological variables in women cancer
  • minimally invasive gynaecological surgery
  • endometriosis

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts will be thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. Please visit the Instruction for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. There is an Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal. For details about the APC please see here. Submitted manuscripts should be well formatted in good English.

Published Paper (1)

Key Considerations for Ovarian Preservation during Radiotherapy for Cervical Carcinoma
Open Access Original Research
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