It is important to talk with your doctors about fertility preservation before beginning cancer treatment. Consider asking your oncologist these questions:

• Based on my age, health, cancer type, and cancer treatment, what are my risks of infertility?
• Is it appropriate for me to see a reproductive endocrinologist who has expertise in fertility preservation?
• For parents of children with cancer: will this cancer treatment affect my child's future fertility?

If there is a possibility that cancer treatment will affect your fertility, consider asking these questions of an oncologist and/or a reproductive endocrinologist:

• What are my options for preserving fertility?
• Will any of the fertility-preservation options affect how well the cancer treatment works?
• Will using one of these options require that I delay cancer treatment? If so, for how long?
• How will each option affect my health and the health of my future children?
• Will fertility treatments or becoming pregnant increase the risk that the cancer may return?
• What are the chances of a subsequent pregnancy with this fertility option?
• Am I eligible for a clinical trial?
• Where can I find support for coping with fertility issues?
• Where can I find more information about fertility preservation?