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dc.contributor.authorRadford, John A
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-21T08:50:06Z
dc.date.available2009-08-21T08:50:06Z
dc.date.issued2004-04-05
dc.identifier.citationAutotransplantation of ovarian tissue and the risk of disease transmission. 2004, 113 Suppl 1:S48-9 Eur. J. Obstet. Gynecol. Reprod. Biol.en
dc.identifier.issn0301-2115
dc.identifier.pmid15041131
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ejogrb.2003.11.011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10541/78095
dc.description.abstractTemporary ovarian function has been reported following reimplantation of frozen/thawed cortical tissue and it is hoped that in time this technique will allow women sterilised by treatment for cancer to regain their fertility. There is however a concern, supported by animal data, that ovarian tissue may be contaminated by disease capable of causing a relapse after transplantation. One experiment, in which ovarian tissue from women with lymphoma was xenografted into immunodeficient mice, showed no evidence of transmission but these results require confirmation and no data exists for other malignancies. For the time being, therefore, it is recommended that harvesting and reimplantation of ovarian tissue should only take place within the confines of carefully designed clinical trials.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.meshAnimals
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshFertility
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshInfertility, Female
dc.subject.meshLymphoma
dc.subject.meshMice
dc.subject.meshOvary
dc.subject.meshTransplantation, Autologous
dc.subject.meshTransplantation, Heterologous
dc.titleAutotransplantation of ovarian tissue and the risk of disease transmission.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentCancer Research UK Department of Medical Oncology, Christie Hospital, Manchester M20 4BX, UK. john.radford@man.ac.uken
dc.identifier.journalEuropean Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biologyen
html.description.abstractTemporary ovarian function has been reported following reimplantation of frozen/thawed cortical tissue and it is hoped that in time this technique will allow women sterilised by treatment for cancer to regain their fertility. There is however a concern, supported by animal data, that ovarian tissue may be contaminated by disease capable of causing a relapse after transplantation. One experiment, in which ovarian tissue from women with lymphoma was xenografted into immunodeficient mice, showed no evidence of transmission but these results require confirmation and no data exists for other malignancies. For the time being, therefore, it is recommended that harvesting and reimplantation of ovarian tissue should only take place within the confines of carefully designed clinical trials.


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