In 2010, approximately 10,500 boys and girls in the US and
160,000 worldwide are expected to be diagnosed with cancer
before the age of 15. In addition hundreds of thousands of
adolescents are treated for cancer yearly between the ages of 15
to 19. The specific type of cancer varies with age and
geographical distribution. In the US the most common (American
Cancer Society) are Leukemias (31%) Brain and nervous system
(21.3%) Wilm’s tumor (5.2%) Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (4.3%) Ewing
sarcoma (1.6%) Others e.g ovarian germ cell tumors, Hodgkin
lymphoma, liver cancer With improvement in survival (80% in the
US), Current priorities for childhood cancer management aim at
improvement of quality of life of the growing number of
childhood cancer survivors. Specific to reproduction,
preservation of fertility aims at enabling children and
adolescents to make reproductive choices that cannot be delayed
till they reach maturity. Effect of treatment of childhood
cancer on fertility. It is very important for children and their