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Oncofertility Fertility Preservation for Cancer Survivors

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research ((CTAR,volume 138))

The demand for effective bio-preservation methods in the medical community continues to increase with advances in transplantation and transfusion medicine [1]. In reproductive medicine, pre-implantation embryo cryopreservation has become an integral component of overall patient care, increasing the success rate per oocyte retrieval cycle [2,3]. Oocyte cryopreservation is becoming increasingly important due to legal restrictions on the creation and transplantation of supernumerary preimplantation embryos as well as ethical considerations surrounding the cryopreservation of pre-implantation embryos [4,5].

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Mullen, S.F., Critser, J.K. (2007). The Science of Cryobiology. In: Woodruff, T.K., Snyder, K.A. (eds) Oncofertility Fertility Preservation for Cancer Survivors. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 138. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72293-1_7

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