Safety and feasibility of performing two consecutive ovarian stimulation cycles with the use of letrozole-gonadotropin protocol for fertility preservation in breast cancer patients

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Turan, Volkan ^a,b   Bedoschi, Giuliano ^a,b   Moy, Fred ^a   Oktay, Kutluk ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Institute for Fertility Preservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; consecutive cycles; fertility preservation; letrozole; ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LETROZOLE; ORGANON; SERONO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; GONADOTROPIN; NITRILE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NEW YORK; NITRILES; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84888434111     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.08.030     Document Type: Article

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