Ten-year single-centre experience in fertility preservation of 459 patients suffering from acute leukaemia.
Br J Haematol
; 184(6): 969-973, 2019 03.
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Acute leukaemia is a life-threatening disease that needs treatment without delay. Fertility preservation is recommended, but often not possible because of the necessity to start treatment as soon as possible. The present study is a retrospective single-centre analysis of 459 patients diagnosed with acute leukaemia between 2002 and 2012. Sperm or oocyte preservation was successfully performed in only 29 (6%) patients. Of the 150 children, no paediatric patient sample was taken. The collected samples enabled the conception of 2 children by in vitro fertilisation; in addition, 3 spontaneous, non-assisted births in partners of male patients were observed. Fertility preservation is important but difficult to accomplish in patients with acute leukaemia; more efforts are clearly needed to preserve fertility in long-term survivors of acute leukaemia.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Leucemia
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Preservación de la Fertilidad
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
Límite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Br J Haematol
Año:
2019
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Article
País de afiliación:
Suiza
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido