Abstract
Thanks to the recent advances in reproductive medicine, more and more young women with breast cancer may be offered the possibility of preserving their fertility. Fertility can be endangered by chemotherapy, by treatment duration and by patient's age at diagnosis. The currently available means to preserve a young woman's fertility are pharmacological protection with gonadotrophin- releasing hormone analogues during chemotherapy, and ovarian tissue or oocyte/embryo freezing before treatment. New future venues, including in vitro maturation, will improve the feasibility and efficacy of the fertility preservation methods in breast cancer patients.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 197-202 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Breast Care |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2012 |
Keywords
- Breast cancer
- Chemotherapy
- Cryopreservation
- Fertility preservation
- Oocytes
- Ovarian failure
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Oncology