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Chapter 19 - Embryo Cryopreservation as a Fertility Preservation Strategy

from Section 6 - Fertility Preservation Strategies in the Female: ART

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2021

By
Pedro N Barri ,
Anna Veiga ,
Montserrat Boada  and
Miquel Solé
Edited by
Jacques Donnez  and
S. Samuel Kim
Jacques Donnez
Affiliation:
Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels
S. Samuel Kim
Affiliation:
University of Kansas School of Medicine
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Summary

Conservative and functional surgery is increasingly used in surgical oncology. Its aim is to preserve organs’ functionality and to reduce radical resection. Development of new surgical procedures in oncologic gynecologic surgery is a perfect example of this evolution. Although radical surgery remains the gold standard in the treatment of ovarian cancer, a conservative approach can be considered in patients with early-stages disease, in order to preserve their fertility function. These procedures were proposed to selected patients, depending on histologic subtypes and prognostic factors. Ovarian cancers are classified in epithelial (including borderline and malignant tumors) and non-epithelial cancer.

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Fertility Preservation
Principles and Practice
 , pp. 211 - 214
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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