Ovarian tissue cryopreservation - New opportunity to preserve fertility in female cancer patients

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 249-255

  Huser, M ^a,b   Crha, I ^a   Hudecek, R ^a   Ventruba, P ^a   Zakova, J ^a   Smardova, L ^b   Kral, Z ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Cryopreservation; Infertility; Ovary

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; BUSULFAN; CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DACARBAZINE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; LOMUSTINE; MELPHALAN; METHOXAMINE; PACLITAXEL; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; RITUXIMAB; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; VITRIFICATION;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NEOPLASMS; OVARY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 34547805606     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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