Gestational carrier pregnancy with oocytes obtained during surgery for stage IIIc ovarian cancer after controlled ovarian stimulation.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of gestational carrier pregnancy with oocytes from a stage IIIc ovarian cancer patient.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
University hospital.


METHODS
A 38-year-old woman with stage IIIc ovarian cancer.


METHODS
Controlled ovarian stimulation, cancer surgery, and IVF-ET to a gestational carrier.


METHODS
Oocyte fertilization and pregnancy.


RESULTS
Singleton term delivery occurred after transfer of three frozen-thawed embryos.


CONCLUSIONS
Cryopreservation of embryos derived from IVF of oocytes obtained from ovarian cancer patients should be an option for their future fertility.
Zhang
John
J
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NYU Downtown Hospital, New York, New York. Info@CancerAndFertility.org
Grifo
James A
JA
Del Priore
Giuseppe
G
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009865:Oocytes; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010062:Ovulation Induction / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D013533:Gestational Carriers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data