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Document Details : Title: Options to preserve fertility before oncological treatment: cryopreservation of overian tissue and its clinical application Author(s): DEMEESTERE I, SIMON P, EMILIANI S, DELBAERE A, ENGLERT Y Journal: Acta Clinica Belgica Volume: 61 Issue: 5 Date: 2006 Pages: 259-263 DOI: 10.2143/ACB.61.5.1002704 Abstract : Chemotherapy and radiotherapy induce premature ovarian failure in many patients treated with these methods for oncological and benign diseases. This paper reviews the risk of developing premature ovarian failure according to the types of treatment as well as the different options to preserve fertility. We focus mainly on the cryopreservation of ovarian tissue procedure and we report here the second world-wide spontaneous pregnancy after cryopreserved ovarian tissue transplantation. |
