title: Assisted reproduction in patients with early-stage ovarian malignancies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the outcome of women with early-stage ovarian malignancies who subsequently underwent assisted reproductive technologies (ART).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Academic assisted reproductive technology program.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four infertile women who were previously diagnosed with early-stage ovarian malignancies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Controlled ovulation hyperstimulation, IVF, and/or gamete intrafallopian transfer treatments using clomiphene citrate and/or gonadotropins.
  
  
  METHODS
  Development of tumor recurrence and disease-free interval.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All four women remain free of disease for up to 15 years after treatment. Three of the four women achieved pregnancy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients with early-stage ovarian malignancies, conservative therapy followed by ovarian stimulation for assisted reproduction is an acceptable strategy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249-7333, USA. msteinkampf@uabmc.edu
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Steinkampf
authors.forename: Sejal P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Dharia
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hammond
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted; D016896:Treatment Outcome