Fertility preservation in adolescent cancer patients;La fertilité des adolescents atteints d'un cancer

Bulletin du Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 636-646

  Klapouszczak, Dana ^a   Bertozzi Salamon, Anne Isabelle ^b   Grandjean, Hélène ^a   Arnaud, Catherine ^a,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Unité d'Hémato oncologie Pédiatrique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cancer; Cancer therapy; Fertility preservation

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; BLEOMYCIN; BUSULFAN; CARBOPLATIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLORMETHINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; IFOSFAMIDE; MELPHALAN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CRYOBIOLOGY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; GERM CELL; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; GONAD FUNCTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; MARRIAGE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY RATE; PREPUBERTY; RADIATION FIELD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERM PRESERVATION; STIMULATION; TESTIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OOCYTES; OVARY; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMEN PRESERVATION; TESTIS;

EID: 34548674013     PISSN: 00074551     EISSN: 17696917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/bdc.2007.0401     Document Type: Review

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