Emergency IVF versus ovarian tissue cryopreservation: Decision making in fertility preservation for female cancer patients

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1534-1542

  Chung, Karine ^a   Donnez, Jacques ^b   Ginsburg, Elizabeth ^c   Meirow, Dror ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

embryo freezing; Fertility preservation; oncofertility; oocyte cryopreservation; ovarian tissue cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENSTRUATION; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARIAN TISSUE CRYOPRESERVATION; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OVARY; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 84876983331     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.11.057     Document Type: Article

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