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Cancer fertility preservation: a report from a Brazilian social program
Cancer fertility preservation: a report from a Brazilian social program
- Source :
- JBRA Assisted Reproduction
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Brazilian Society of Assisted Reproduction, 2020.
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Abstract
- Objective To present clinical and laboratory data of a Brazilian social program for cancer fertility preservation. Methods We carried out a descriptive observational study between July 2011 and December 2018. 246 patients were included from a social program in a private assisted reproduction clinic in Santo Andre/Brazil for oocyte cryopreservation before starting oncological treatment. Results 246 cancer patients resorted to fertility preservation before initiating cancer treatment. These were diagnosed with 27 different types of cancer, and the breast type is the most prevalent. 2528 MII oocytes (mean of 10.3 oocytes per patient) were vitrified. Four patients thawed their oocytes to submit in vitro fertilization, three had embryos transferred and one achieved pregnancy. Conclusion Preservation of fertility offers patients, especially at reproductive age, a viable way to perform their cancer treatment without compromising future gestation. It is important that professionals duly counsel oncological patients so, if they wish, they can have the possibility to guarantee her fertility preserved.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
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medicine.medical_treatment
Oocyte Retrieval
Fertility
Fertilization in Vitro
oocyte preservation
Pregnancy
Neoplasms
medicine
Humans
Fertility preservation
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Cryopreservation
In vitro fertilisation
Obstetrics
business.industry
oncological fertility preservation
Cancer
Fertility Preservation
Oocyte cryopreservation
medicine.disease
vitrification
social program
Oocytes
Gestation
Observational study
Original Article
Female
business
Brazil
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15180557 and 15175693
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- JBRA Assisted Reproduction
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7940a0e136b57aab73272cbe4fa1187c