Abstract According to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) Working Group on Oocyte Cryopreservation [], between 2010 and 2014, cancer patients in Europe underwent similar numbers of…
Abstract According to the most recent cancer statistics, more than 870,000 new diagnosis of cancer are expected in the US female population in 2018, with the three most common cancers…
Abstract With the advent of culture models for studying the process of ovarian folliculogenesis some 40 years ago, opportunities arose for the more systematic evaluation of the factors that regulated…
Abstract The field of female fertility preservation is based on the ability to successfully cryopreserve ovarian tissue [1], and this can now be offered to a wide range of patients…
Abstract Early detection and aggressive chemotherapy/radiotherapy treatments have improved the long-term survival rates for many young women with various types of cancer. As a consequence of these cytotoxic treatments, their…
Abstract Patients with cancer who desire to preserve their future reproductive potential but require immediate gonadotoxic treatments (chemo and/or radiotherapy) are left with few options for fertility preservation. These options…
Abstract Successful live births after transplantation of frozen-thawed human ovarian tissue have been observed since the first report in 2004 [1]. Up to 2017, approximately 130 live births have been…
Abstract This book is primarily about prevention; its emphasis is on interventions that can be done at the time of cancer diagnosis – modifications of treatment and techniques for storing…
Abstract Fertility preservation is now recognized as the most essential quality of life issue in young cancer survivors. Since the last decade several strategies to preserve fertility in women have…
Abstract Early detection and aggressive chemotherapy/radiotherapy treatments have improved the long-term survival rates for many young women with various types of cancer. As a consequence of these cytotoxic treatments, their…
