Fertility Preservation Options After Gonadotoxic Chemotherapy

Overview

Journal Clin Med Insights Reprod Health

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Reproductive Medicine

Date 2014 Jan 24

PMID 24453520

Citations 15

Authors

Jordana Hadassah Hyman

Togas Tulandi

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Abstract

Chemotherapy has the potential to deplete and destroy a woman's reproductive potential. Although many oncologists are referring women for fertility preservation before chemotherapy, in many cases there is limited time for fertility preservation. This review provides an overview of the impact of cancer and chemotherapy on the ovarian reserve, a summary of methods of fertility preservation prior to chemotherapy, and current knowledge of fertility preservation techniques after gonadotoxic chemotherapy.

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