Fertility Preservation

Principles and Practice
Herausgeber: Donnez, Jacques; Kim, S Samuel

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A synthesis of the most up-to-date research and technologies in fertility preservation, written by leading experts in the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 490
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 198mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1179g
• ISBN-13: 9781108494595
• ISBN-10: 1108494595
• Artikelnr.: 62039419

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1 Introduction: 1. The evolution of the assisted reproduction
technologies; 2. The effect of chemotherapy on the human reproductive
system; 3. The effect of radiotherapy on the human reproductive system; 4.
The need for fertility preservation in cancer patients; Section 2
Reproductive biology and cryobiology: 5. Life and death in the germ line:
apoptosis and the origins of DNA damage in human spermatozooa; 6.
Principles of vitrification as a method of cryopreservation in reproductive
biology and medicine; Section 3 Fertility preservation in cancer and
non-cancer patients: 7. Fertility preservation in non-cancer patients; 8.
Fertility preservation in women with ovarian endometrioma: from surgery to
oocyte and ovarian tissue freezing; 9. Pediatric cancer therapy and
fertility; 10. Breast cancer therapy and fertility; 11. Fertility
preservation in young adults with gastrointestinal and hematological
malignancies; Section 4 Fertility preservation strategies in the male: 12.
Transplantation of cryopreserved spermatogonia; 13. Cryopreservation and
grafting of immature testicular tissue; 14. Use of cryopreserved sperm and
ART after chemotherapy or radiotherapy; Section 5 Fertility preservation
strategies in the female: medical/surgical: 15. Use of GnRH analogs for
prevention of chemotherapy-induced gonadotoxicity; 16. Ovarian
transposition before radiotherapy Yaron Gill and Togas Tulandi; 17.
Fertility-saving surgery for gynaecological cancers; 18. Results of
conservative management of ovarian malignant tumours; Section 6 Fertility
preservation strategies in the female: ART: 19. Embryo cryopreservation as
a fertility preservation strategy; 20. Vitrification of human oocytes as a
fertility preservation strategy; 21. Autotransplantation of cryopreserved
ovarian tissue: techniques and results; 22. ART and oocyte donation in
cancer survivors; Section 7 Ovarian cryopreservation and transplantation:
23. Ovarian cryopreservation and transplantation: overview; 24.
Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue by vitrification: techniques and
results; 25. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation; 26. Risk of transplanting
malignant cells in cryopreserved ovarian tissue; 27. Whole ovary freezing
and transplantation; Section 8 In-vitro follicle culture: 28. Molecular and
cellular integrity of cultured follicles; 29. In-vitro growth of human
oocytes; 30. Contributions of ovarian stromal cells to follicle culture;
31. In-vitro maturation of germinal vesicle oocytes; 32. Survival of
primordial follicles: tips and tricks; Section 9 New research and
technologies: 33. The artificial ovary; 34. Uterus transplantation:
research and clinical possibilities; 35. Ovarian allotransplantation; 36.
Allotransplantation of human ovarian tissue; 37. Predicting ovarian
futures: the contribution of genetics; Section 10 Ethical, legal and
religious issues: 38. Fertility preservation: ethical considerations; 39.
Legal issues of fertility preservation; 40. Christian ethics in fertility
preservation.