Fertility and cancer

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Overview

A range of services are available to help you manage and navigate fertility challenges. You can also call Cancer Connect on 13 11 20 for information and support.

Fertility and cancer booklet (PDF)

About this information

The information on this website is not medical, legal or financial advice. Always consult appropriate professionals about your specific situation. Full disclaimer.

Reviewers

This information has been developed by Cancer Council NSW on behalf of all other state and territory Cancer Councils as part of a National Cancer Information Subcommittee initiative.

We thank the reviewers of this booklet:

Dr Sally Reid, Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist, Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Adelaide) and Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA; Dr Sarah Ellis, Clinical Psychologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital and UNSW, NSW; John Booth, Consumer; Hope Finlen, Haematology Nurse Consultant, Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD; Dr Michelle Harrison, Medical Oncologist - Gynaecological cancers, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, NSW; Melissa Jones, Nurse Consultant, Youth Cancer Service SA/NT, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA; Dr Violet Kieu, Clinical Director, Melbourne IVF and Fertility Specialist, The Royal Women's Hospital, VIC; Prof Declan Murphy, Consultant Urologist, Director - Genitourinary Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and The University of Melbourne, VIC; Stephen Page, Family and Fertility Lawyer, and Legal Practice Director, Page Provan, QLD; Ann Retzlaff, 13 11 20 Consultant, Cancer Council WA; A/Prof Kate Stern AO, Fertility specialist, Gynaecologist and Reproductive Endocrinologist, Royal Women's Hospital and Melbourne IVF, VIC; Georgia Webster, Consumer.

We also thank the health professionals, consumers and editorial teams who have worked on previous editions of this title.

Fertility and Cancer was first developed as part of a research study into the experience of fertility after cancer led by Prof Jane Ussher at Western Sydney University. We thank the people who took part in this study and whose accounts are quoted in this booklet.

Cancer Council acknowledges Canteen and the American Cancer Society for their contributions to previous editions. We also acknowledge Dr Amanda Hordern and Prof Jane Ussher, who collaborated on the original draft.

View our editorial policy.

Adopt Change	adoptchange.org.au
Australasian Menopause Society	menopause.org.au
Canteen	canteen.org.au
Fertility Society of Australia and New Zealand	fertilitysociety.com.au
Future Fertility	futurefertility.com.au
Healthy Male	healthymale.org.au
Intercountry Adoption Australia	intercountryadoption.gov.au
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Fertility Unit	slhd.nsw.gov.au/rpa/fertility
Surrogacy Australia	surrogacyaustralia.org
The Royal Children’s Hospital, Victoria	rch.org.au
The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne	thewomens.org.au/health-information/fertility-information
Your IVF success	yourivfsuccess.com.au
Jean Hailes – for women’s health	jeanhailes.org.au

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