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Principles and practice of fertility preservation /

"The specialty of fertility preservation offers patients with cancer, who are rendered infertile by chemo- and radiotherapy, the opportunity to realize their reproductive potential. This gold-standard publication defines the specialty. The full range of techniques and scientific concepts is cov...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Donnez, J., Kim, S. Samuel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Colección:Cambridge medicine (Series)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover13;
  • Contents13;
  • List of contributors
  • Foreword by Roger G. Gosden
  • Foreword by Edward E. Wallach
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 The evolution of ART
  • 2 The effect of chemotherapy and radiotherapy on the human reproductive system
  • 3 Fertility preservation in non-cancer patients
  • 4 Basic cancer biology and immunology
  • 5 Breast cancer and fertility preservation: a view from oncology
  • 6 Breast cancer therapy and reproduction
  • Pediatric cancer therapy and fertility
  • 8 Cancer epidemiology and environmental factors in children, adolescents and young adults
  • 9 Life and death in the germ line: apoptosis and the origins of DNA damage in human spermatozoa
  • 10 Molecular aspects of follicular development
  • 11 Fundamental cryobiology of reproductive cells and tissues: concepts and misconceptions
  • 12 Fundamental aspects of vitrification as a method of reproductive cell, tissue and organ cryopreservation
  • 13 Hormonal suppression for fertility preservation in the male
  • 14 Cryopreservation of spermatozoa: old routine and new perspectives
  • 15 Transplantation of cryopreserved spermatogonia
  • 16 Cryopreservation and transplantation of testicular tissue
  • 17 Assisted reproductive techniques and donor sperm in cancer patients
  • 18 Use of GnRH agonists for prevention of chemotherapy-induced gonadotoxicity
  • 19 Ovarian transposition
  • 20 Fertility-saving surgery for cervical cancer
  • 21 Results of conservative management of ovarian malignant tumors
  • 22 Embryo cryopreservation as a fertility preservation strategy
  • 23 Oocyte cryopreservation: slow freezing
  • 24 Cryopreservation of human oocytes and the evolution of vitrification technology for this purpose
  • 25 Cryopreservation and transplantation of isolated follicles
  • 26 ART and oocyte donation in cancer survivors
  • 27 General overview of ovarian cryobanking
  • 28 Ovarian tissue cryopreservation
  • 29 Ovarian tissue transplantation
  • 30 Whole ovary freezing
  • 31 Ovarian transplantation: whole ovary transplantation
  • 32 Molecular and cellular integrity of cultured follicles
  • 33 In vitro growth systems for human oocytes: from primordial to maturation
  • 34 Contributions of ovarian stromal cells to follicle culture
  • 35 In vitromaturation of GV oocytes
  • 36 Clinical potential of in vitro maturation
  • 37 From pluripotent stemcells to germ cells
  • 38 Artificial ovary
  • 39 Predicting ovarian futures: the contribution of genetics
  • 40 Psychological issues of cancer survivors
  • 41 Fertility preservation: ethical considerations
  • 42 Legal aspects of fertility preservation
  • 43 Christian ethics in fertility preservation
  • Index.