Spontaneous conception in a young woman who had ovarian cortical tissue cryopreserved before chemotherapy and radiotherapy for a Ewing's sarcoma of the pelvis: Case report

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2569-2572

  Bath, L E ^a   Tydeman, G ^b   Critchley, H O D ^a   Anderson, R A ^c   Baird, D T ^a   Wallace, W H B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS FIFE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Ovarian cryopreservation; Ovarian failure; Pelvic tumour; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; GONADOTROPIN; IFOSFAMIDE; PROGESTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONCEPTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PELVIS TUMOR; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINITIS;

EID: 8344247683     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh472     Document Type: Article

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