[Can I still get pregnant? Options for fertility preservation in young women diagnosed with cancer].

- In 2015 around 2300 women under the age of 40 years were diagnosed with cancer in the Netherlands.- Cancer treatment can have a negative effect on fertility.- Due to improving survival rates, discussing this effect and the options for fertility preservation has become an important part of counselling these patients.- Cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos is standard procedure in fertility preservation in the Netherlands.- Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue is a new, rapidly-developing technique. Recently, the first child following autotransplantation of thawed ovarian tissue was born in the Netherlands.- If gonadotoxic treatment has to be given, it is important to talk well in advance with the patient about fertility preservation.