title: Embryo banking between induction and consolidation chemotherapy in women with leukemia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the results of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) after long-acting GnRH agonist (GnRH-a) and chemotherapy for the purposes of embryo cryopreservation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  University medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two premenopausal women with acute myelogenous leukemia with recent treatment with GnRH-a and induction chemotherapy for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).
  
  
  METHODS
  COH with embryo cryopreservation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Numbers of oocytes and embryos cryopreserved.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both patients responded to gonadotropin stimulation and cryopreserved embryos.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Women who have received recent long-acting GnRH-a and chemotherapy may respond to gonadotropin stimulation. The option of embryo banking can be offered to leukemia patients who are preparing for HCT.
authors: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. brooke.rossi@uhhospitals.org
authors: Brooke V
authors: BV
authors: Rossi
authors: Rachel K
authors: RK
authors: Ashby
authors: Serene S
authors: SS
authors: Srouji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D060830:Consolidation Chemotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005260:Female; D059247:Fertility Preservation / Q000379:methods; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D060828:Induction Chemotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D007938:Leukemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D054315:Oocyte Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014015:Tissue Banks; D055815:Young Adult