In Vitro Growth of Human Oocytes

doi:10.1017/9781108784368.030

Chapter 29 - In Vitro Growth of Human Oocytes

from Section 8 - In Vitro Follicle Culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 March 2021

Evelyn E Telfer

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Jacques Donnez and

S. Samuel Kim

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Jacques Donnez: Affiliation:
Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels
S. Samuel Kim: Affiliation:
University of Kansas School of Medicine

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Patients with cancer who desire to preserve their future reproductive potential but require immediate gonadotoxic treatments (chemo and/or radiotherapy) are left with few options for fertility preservation. These options include (a) cryopreservation of ovarian tissues as cortical strips; (b) dual cryopreservation of both ovarian cortical tissue and cryopreservation, after in vitro maturation, of immature oocytes extracted from the small antral follicles visible within the ovarian cortex at the time of the harvest; and (c) cryopreservation of one whole ovary [1–9]. At the time of this writing, each of these options is still considered experimental by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (thus requiring institutional review board approval and patient’s informed consent), although it is expected that soon ovarian tissue cryopreservation will no longer be considered experimental.

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Information: Fertility Preservation
Principles and Practice
, pp. 332 - 340

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108784368.030 [Opens in a new window]

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Print publication year: 2021

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