Call for papers - Considering future fertility in survivors of gynecological cancers and other disorders

Guest Editor

Carlo Ronsini, MD, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Italy

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 31 January 2025

BMC Women’s Health is pleased to welcome submissions to the Collection Considering future fertility in survivors of gynecological cancers and other disorders. This Collection aims to explore cutting-edge advancements, challenges, and legal and ethical considerations surrounding future fertility options for individuals undergoing treatment for gynecological cancers and other reproductive health related disorders.

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Meet the Guest Editor

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Carlo Ronsini, MD, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Italy

Carlo Ronsini, MD, graduated in Medicine and Surgery from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy (2014). He went on to a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Università G. d’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy (2020). In addition, he completed a fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology Master ESGO II at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Currently Dr Carlo Ronsini is University Researcher at Università Degli Studi Della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" in the Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialized Surgery and his main branch of interest is gynecological oncology. He is a member of the Italian Society of Gynecological Endoscopy (SEGI), Italian School of Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery (SICMiG) and of the European Society of Gynecological Oncology (ESGO).

About the Collection

BMC Women’s Health is pleased to welcome submissions to the Collection Considering future fertility in survivors of gynecological cancers and other disorders.

Gynecological neoplasms are considered the most common cancers among women worldwide. A significant number of premenopausal women will experience infertility as a result of their cancer treatment. The psychological and physical impact of losing fertility can be complex and lead women to experience menopausal symptoms, changes in sexual function and high levels of distress. Oncofertility was established as an interdisciplinary field with the purpose of preserving the reproductive function of cancer patients whose treatment may have compromised their fertility. Several currently recommended options for fertility preservation are available for women with early stage gynecologic cancers, including conservative, fertility-sparing, medical and surgical management; therefore, patients should be carefully counseled about fertility preservation, and be informed about the options provided by assisted reproductive technology.

The primary aim of the Collection is to encourage novel key articles about cutting-edge advancements, challenges, and legal and ethical considerations surrounding future fertility options for individuals undergoing treatment for gynecological cancers and other reproductive health related disorders. It would be useful to discuss the long-term consequences and success of the various fertility treatments and benefits for different models of care. Lastly, it would be useful to focus on the development of strategies to identify, monitor, and address, in a clinical care setting, the issues these cancer survivors face.

We invite oncologists, gynecologists, reproductive biologists, psychologists and researchers in related fields to contribute their robust scientific manuscripts on fertility in survivors of gynecological cancers and related disorders. Key topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Novel techniques to advance early diagnosis and treatment of gynecological cancers including hereditary malignant tumors.
Innovative and effective approaches, technologies, and therapeutic strategies for fertility preservation in gynecological cancer patients, including oocyte, embryo, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, and ovarian transposition.
Investigating efficient and safe fertility restoration techniques following cancer remission or completion of treatment, such as ovarian tissue transplantation, in vitro maturation of oocytes, and optimized hormonal therapies to recover or improve ovarian function.
Professional oncofertility support to relieve mental stress and provide legally and ethically professional knowledge, and strategies to leverage the endocrine health, fertility management and well-being of patients.
Integral systems or platforms to evaluate the efficacy of fertility preservation and/or restoration, and impact of these interventions on long-term quality of life.

There are currently no articles in this collection.

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Considering future fertility in survivors of gynecological cancers and other disorders" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.