Cryopreservation of human ovarian tissue

Hosp Med. 2001 Apr;62(4):222-7. doi: 10.12968/hosp.2001.62.4.1553.

Abstract

As survival rates for young cancer patients continue to improve, protection against iatrogenic infertility caused by chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy assumes a higher priority. As things stand, women patients have few options to preserve their fertility while children have none at all.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects
  • Cryopreservation / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infertility, Female / etiology
  • Infertility, Female / surgery
  • Mice
  • Ovary* / transplantation
  • Radiotherapy / adverse effects
  • Rats
  • Sheep
  • Tissue Banks
  • Tissue Survival
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents