Preserving female fertility following cancer treatment: Current options and future possibilities

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 289-295

  West, Erin R ^a   Zelinski, Mary B ^b   Kondapalli, Laxmi A ^c   Gracia, Clarisa ^d   Chang, Jeffrey ^e   Coutifaris, Christos ^d   Critser, John ^h   Stouffer, Richard L ^b,f   Shea, Lonnie D ^a,c,g   Woodruff, Teresa K ^c,g  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility preservation; Follicle; Oncofertility

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GONADORELIN AGONIST;

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CANCER THERAPY; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; ORGAN CULTURE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TOXICITY; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 67649999227     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21999     Document Type: Conference Paper

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