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Cancer fertility preservation: a report from a Brazilian social program

Cancer fertility preservation: a report from a Brazilian social program

Authors :
Gabriel Seixas Conceição
Caio Parente Barbosa
Laura T Vellez
Claudia H Suganuma
Caroline Z Berton
Ivan H Yoshida
Caroline Brogliato
Emerson Barchi Cordts
Source :
JBRA Assisted Reproduction
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Brazilian Society of Assisted Reproduction, 2020.

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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15180557 and 15175693
Volume :
24
Issue :
3
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
JBRA Assisted Reproduction
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....7940a0e136b57aab73272cbe4fa1187c