Cryopreservation of human ovarian tissue.
As survival rates for young cancer patients continue to improve, protection against iatrogenic infertility caused by chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy assumes a higher priority. As things stand, women patients have few options to preserve their fertility while children have none at all.
Salha
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Department of Reproductive Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds LS2 9NS.
Picton
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Balen
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Rutherford
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D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D051379:Mice; D010053:Ovary / Q000637:transplantation; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D051381:Rats; D012756:Sheep; D014015:Tissue Banks; D014022:Tissue Survival; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents