Is transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue from patients with advanced-stage breast cancer safe? A pilot study

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1289-1299

  Luyckx, V ^a   Durant, J F ^a   Camboni, A ^a   Gilliaux, S ^a   Amorim, C A ^a   Van Langendonckt, A ^a   Irenge, L M ^a,b   Gala, J L ^a,b   Donnez, J ^c   Dolmans, M M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Defense Laboratories Department   (Belgium)

^c Infertility Research Unit   (Belgium)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cryopreserved ovarian tissue; Fertility preservation; Malignant contamination; Minimal residual disease; Ovarian tissue transplantation; qPCR; Xenografting

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OVARY TRANSPLANTATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAFETY; THAWING;

MUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MAMMAGLOBIN B; MICE; MICE, SCID; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PILOT PROJECTS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887989861     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-013-0065-3     Document Type: Article

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