title: Possibilities of fertility preservation in young patients with ovarian cancer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ovarian cancer is a rare disease especially in young patients and surgical treatment often leads to loss of fertility. This study investigated the incidence of the different histological types and discusses the possibility of fertility preservation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis of patients with an ovarian tumour under the age of 40 who presented either to the Women's University Hospital, Tuebingen or to centres of the FertiPROTEKT network was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 51 patients with ovarian cancer from Tuebingen, 21 (41.2%) were eligible for fertility-preserving surgery, 11 received chemotherapy and from those 4 (36.4%) chose a fertility preservation technique. From the FertiPROTEKT network, 26/41 patients (63.4%) decided to undergo fertility preservation. No complications and postponement of chemotherapy due to fertility preservation procedures were noted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With careful consideration of the risks, the correct indication and diligent aftercare, the realisation of conception is possible also for patients with ovarian cancer.
authors: Tuebingen University Hospital for Women, Tuebingen University Hospitals, Tuebingen, Germany FertiPROTEKT Network Centres.
authors: Melanie
authors: M
authors: Henes
authors: Tuebingen University Hospital for Women, Tuebingen University Hospitals, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors: Felix
authors: F
authors: Neis
authors: Tuebingen University Hospital for Women, Tuebingen University Hospitals, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors: Bernhard
authors: B
authors: Krämer
authors: Tuebingen University Hospital for Women, Tuebingen University Hospitals, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors: Christina
authors: C
authors: Walter
authors: Tuebingen University Hospital for Women, Tuebingen University Hospitals, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Brucker
authors: Department of Gynaecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital for Women, Bern, Switzerland FertiPROTEKT Network Centres.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Von Wolff
authors: Tuebingen University Hospital for Women, Tuebingen University Hospitals, Tuebingen, Germany.
authors: Ralf
authors: R
authors: Rothmund
authors: Fakih IVF Fertility Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates barbara.lawrenz@web.de.
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Lawrenz
authors: Tuebingen University Hospital for Women, Tuebingen University Hospitals, Tuebingen, Germany FertiPROTEKT Network Centres.
authors: Katharina
authors: K
authors: Rall
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D059247:Fertility Preservation; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Ovarian cancer; fertility preservation; network FertiPROTEKT