Women with cancer undergoing ART for fertility preservation: a cohort study of their response to exogenous gonadotropins

Fertil Steril. 2009 Apr;91(4 Suppl):1476-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1727. Epub 2008 Sep 18.

Abstract

Cancer patients produce similar numbers of oocytes after ovarian hyperstimulation compared with age-matched infertile controls, suggesting that malignancy does not adversely affect ovarian response.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Breast Neoplasms / physiopathology
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin / pharmacology
  • Cohort Studies
  • Cryopreservation / methods*
  • Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
  • Estrogens / blood
  • Female
  • Follicle Stimulating Hormone
  • Gonadotropins / pharmacology*
  • Hodgkin Disease / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Infertility, Female / etiology
  • Infertility, Female / therapy*
  • Neoplasms / physiopathology*
  • Oocyte Retrieval / methods
  • Oocytes / cytology
  • Oocytes / drug effects*
  • Ovulation Induction / methods*
  • Radiotherapy / adverse effects
  • Reproductive Techniques, Assisted*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Uterine Neoplasms / physiopathology

Substances

  • Chorionic Gonadotropin
  • Estrogens
  • Gonadotropins
  • Follicle Stimulating Hormone