Progress and prospects for fertility preservation in prepubertal boys with cancer

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 203-208

  Gies, Inge ^a   De Schepper, Jean ^a   Tournaye, Herman ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cancer; fertility preservation; prepubertal

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREPUBERTY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TESTIS BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL; XENOGENEIC INFECTION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CHILD; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84928575711     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: 17522978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0000000000000162     Document Type: Review

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