Female Fertility Cryopreservation Outcomes in Childhood Cancer: A Systematic Review
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Srinithya R. Gillipelli, Luca Pio, Paul D. Losty, Abdelhafeez H. Abdelhafeez
Topic overview
As survival rates in childhood cancer progress significantly, health outcomes in adulthood are pivotal to quality of life (QoL). Female patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation for childhood cancer may experience adverse effects such as gonadotoxicity-related ovarian insufficiency. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC) is well studied in adults, but has only recently started to be explored in an effort to preserve fertility in young patients with childhood cancer. This systematic review aims to critically highlight contemporary outcomes of cryopreservation in female pediatric cancer patients.
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