Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue in breast cancer patients: 10 years of experience

Future Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1613-1619

  Fabbri, Raffaella ^a   Vicenti, Rossella ^a   Magnani, Valentina ^a   Pasquinelli, Gianandrea ^a   Macciocca, Maria ^a   Parazza, Isabella ^a   Paradisi, Roberto ^a   Battaglia, Cesare ^a   Venturoli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

breast cancer; fertility preservation; follicular density; histological analysis; ovarian tissue cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GOSERELIN; LETROZOLE; TRIPTORELIN;

ADULT; AGING; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CELL DENSITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROMETASTASIS; OVARIAN TISSUE CRYOPRESERVATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DENSITY; OVARY FOLLICLE PRESERVATION; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROMA; THAWING; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871233139     PISSN: 14796694     EISSN: 17448301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fon.12.152     Document Type: Article

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