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Review
. 2020 Feb 23;56(2):89.
doi: 10.3390/medicina56020089.

State of the Art in Fertility Preservation for Female Patients Prior to Oncologic Therapies

Călin Bogdan Chibelean  1   2 , Răzvan-Cosmin Petca  3   4 , Dan Cristian Radu  5 , Aida Petca  3   6
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Review

State of the Art in Fertility Preservation for Female Patients Prior to Oncologic Therapies

Călin Bogdan Chibelean et al. Medicina (Kaunas). .

Abstract

Quality of life improvement stands as one of the main goals of the medical sciences. Increasing cancer survival rates associated with better early detection and extended therapeutic options led to the specific modeling of patients' choices, comprising aspects of reproductive life that correlated with the evolution of modern society, and requires better assessment. Of these, fertility preservation and ovarian function conservation for pre-menopause female oncologic patients pose a contemporary challenge due to procreation age advance in evolved societies and to the growing expectations regarding cancer treatment. Progress made in cell and tissue-freezing technologies brought hope and shed new light on the onco-fertility field. Additionally, crossing roads with general fertility and senescence studies proved highly beneficial due to the enlarged scope and better synergies and funding. We here strive to bring attention to this domain of care and to sensitize all medical specialties towards a more cohesive approach and to better communication among caregivers and patients.

Keywords: breast cancer; cryo-preservation; fertility preservation; vitrification.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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