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"Protecting the reproductive potential of young patients undergoing cancer therapy is increasingly important. With modern treatment protocols, 80% of patients can be expected to survive. It has been estimated that up to one in 250 young adults will be a survivor of childhood cancer in the future; infertility, however, may be a consequence. As a wide range of fertility preservation methods are increasingly offered by clinicians, this systematic and comprehensive textbook dealing with the cryobiology, technology and clinical approach to this therapy will be essential reading to infertility specialists, embryologists, oncologists, cryobiologists, ObGyns, andrologists, and urologists with an interest in fertility preservation. Fertility Cryopreservation reviews all the techniques of this increasingly important field within reproductive medicine. It covers the basic principles of pertinent cryobiology, and contains major sections on the different therapies available, written by international specialists combining experience from both academic centers and commercial industries"--Provided by publisher

Research on young individuals and childbearingadults being treated for neoplasia has revealed a rising number of requests for treatmentsaimed to maintain the possibility to conceive. To answer such requests, it isimportant for medical professionals to consider the necessity to cure thewoman, to preserve her fertility, to give information both on the effect ofneoplasia and treatments on pregnancy. Patients have to be informedon the possible treatment alternatives that are less aggressive towards thereproductive function, but at the same time, give desirable results in terms ofsurvival. Neoplasiaand Fertility describes the state-of-the-arton fertility preservation in women affected by neoplasia. The 11 book chapters informthe reader with the goal of equipping them with the required information needed to present the condition and to discuss the possibility of conceiving, andhow to manage patients after oncologic treatments at different stages of pregnancy. KeyFeatures- Informs the reader about therelationship between gynecological cancer and fertility in women through 11chapters- Describes a broad range of cancers andrelevant treatment options for maintaining fertility- Explains the role of a 'FertilitySparing Team' in clinics- Familiarizes the reader with theethics behind oncology treatments with reference to female fertility- Describes fertility issues related to hereditarycancers in women- Includes references for furtherreading The book serves as an informativereference on the subject to medical doctors in the gynecology, obstetrics and midwifespecialties, and nurses training the gynecological oncology. It will also be ofinterest to healthcare administrators involved in fertility and oncologyclinics, as well as general practitioners in family medicine.

This book represents a unique collection of papers from internationally renowned experts to give us a state-of-the art summary of current concepts in reproductive biology. The narrative has been developed to highlight how new gains in our understanding of reproductive mechanisms have generated unique opportunities for contraceptive development.

"In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, most countries in Europe and English-speaking countries outside Europe experienced a fertility transition, where fertility fell from high levels to relatively low levels. England and the other English-speaking countries experienced this from the 1870s, while fertility in Australia began to fall in the 1880s.
This book investigates the fertility transition in Tasmania, the second settled colony of Australia, using both statistical evidence and historical sources. The book examines detailed evidence from the 1904 New South Wales Royal Commission into the Fall in the Birth Rate, which the Commissioners regarded as applying not only to NSW, but to every state in Australia.
Many theories have been proposed as to why fertility declined at this time: theories of economic and social development; economic theories; diffusion theories; the spread of secularisation; increased availability of artificial methods of contraception; and changes in the rates of infant and child mortality. The role of women in the fertility transition has generally been ignored.
The investigation concludes that fertility declined in Tasmania in the late 19th century in a period of remarkable social and economic transformation, with industrialisation, urbanisation, improvements in transport and communication, increasing levels of education and opportunities for social mobility. One of the major social changes was in the status and role of women, who became the driving force behind the fertility decline."

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I: Contemporary Perspectives on Fertility -- Chapter 2. Social capital, gender competition, and the resurgence of childlessness -- Chapter 3. Uncertainty and narratives of the future: A theoretical framework for contemporary fertility -- Chapter 4. Social contagion effects in fertility: Theory and analytical strategy -- Chapter 5. The context of interracial childbearing in the United States -- Part II: Fertility Intentions -- Chapter 6. Do reproductive attitudes and knowledge explain race-ethnic-nativity differences in unintended fertility? -- Chapter 7. Regional fertility differences in India -- Part III: The Demography of Multipartner Fertility -- Chapter 8. Multi-partner fertility in Europe and the United States -- Chapter 9. Welfare regimes and fertility in second unions -- Chapter 10 -- Years spent as mothers of young children: The role of completed fertility, birth spacing, and multiple partner fertility -- Chapter 11 -- Where's daddy? Challenges in the measurement of men's fertility -- Part IV: Issues of Measurement -- Chapter 12. Measuring the prevalence of multipartner fertility independent of fertility level. Chapter 13. Cross-sectional average length of life by parity: Illustration of U.S. cohorts of reproductive age in 2015.

​Fertility preservation has become one of the most important and fast growing fields of reproductive medicine. Although there are several strategies for fertility preservation in female, most of them are still considered experimental. It is important to perfect the existing technologies, but also developing new strategies should be actively sought. The future development of fertility preservation strategies should be based on the sound scientific knowledge and principles. One of the main objectives of fertility preservation in females is prevention of oocyte depletion. The mechanisms of oocyte loss and survival in the ovary are complex, which include genetic control both in germ cells and in somatic cells, DNA damage and repair mechanism, apoptosis and autophagy, and other poorly understood molecular mechanisms. To develop clinically effective and safe strategies for fertility preservation, it is essential to know and understand the fundamentals of oocyte and ovarian biology at the molecular level. Thus, the purpose of this edition is to review the current progress in research related to molecular and genetic control of oocyte development that can be applied to fertility preservation. The main topics that are discussed in this publication include molecular signaling mechanisms of oocyte activation and loss, genomic integrity of oocytes, and epigenetics.​.