Fertility preservation in Turkey: a global look for nationwide strategy development

Objective: As the reproductive technology advanced along with the improved outcome in cancer treatment demands implementing new fertility preservation. Developing algorithms on fertility preservation requires tailoring for each society. Here authors attempts to modify the current medical literature on fertility preservation for Turkish population.

Materials and Methods: Pubmed search was conducted using the term fertility preservation as the keyword. Initially, 280 items of literature have been accessed. In second evaluation 126 articles examined 154 items were discarded due to low quality of the literatures.In the final round ,only 68 publications which are the most relevant were found eligible to include in the review article.

Results: In order to develop a more systematic national guideline, forming a multidisciplinary approach to create a web based network would be the first step. Both physicians and patients will have an open access to the information. This database should be linked to international consortium to stay integrated and open to update.

Conclusion: The aim of this review is to evaluate the relationship between the current situation in our country and the developments in the world in the light of literature, and to establish the infrastructure for the development of future approaches in our country.