Preserving the reproductive potential of men and boys with cancer: Current concepts and future prospects

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 525-532

  Tournaye, Herman ^a,b   Goossens, Ellen ^b   Verheyen, Greta ^a   Frederickx, Veerle ^b   De Block, Gert ^b   Devroey, Paul ^a   Van Steirteghem, André ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cryopreservation; Male fertility; Stem cell; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; BOY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC DISORDER; GONADAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MALE STERILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TESTIS; THAWING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SEMEN; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TESTIS;

EID: 8844249346     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmh038     Document Type: Review

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