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Cancer treatment and fertility: a time to reassess realistic opportunities

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  1. Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad (IVI)-Madrid, Rey Juan Carlos University, C/ Santiago de Compostela, 88, 28035, Madrid, Spain

    J. A. García-Velasco

  2. Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad (IVI)-Valencia, Valencia University, Valencia, Spain

    A. Pellicer

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García-Velasco, J.A., Pellicer, A. Cancer treatment and fertility: a time to reassess realistic opportunities. Clin Transl Oncol 9, 681–682 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-007-0123-3

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