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Fertility Preservation Through Oocyte Vitrification: Clinical and Laboratory Perspectives
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Preservación de la fertilidad en mujeres con cáncer
Michel De Vos1, Johan Smitz2, Teresa K Woodruff3
1Centre for Reproductive Medicine, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Lancet (London, England)
|October 7, 2014
Resumen
Los pacientes jóvenes con cáncer necesitan asesoramiento inmediato de preservación de la fertilidad. Los avances en técnicas como la vitrificación de ovocitos ofrecen esperanza, pero se necesita más investigación para una aplicación generalizada.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La Medicina Reproductiva es una de ellas.
- Oncología Oncología.
- Criobiología Criobiología.
Sus antecedentes:
- El aumento de las tasas de supervivencia al cáncer en las mujeres jóvenes requiere la preservación de la fertilidad.
- Los avances en medicina reproductiva y criobiología impulsan el interés en la preservación de la fertilidad para las pacientes con cáncer femenino.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Revisar los métodos actuales de preservación de la fertilidad para mujeres jóvenes con cáncer.
- Discutir el potencial de las técnicas emergentes y experimentales de preservación de la fertilidad.
Principales métodos:
- Revisión de las aplicaciones clínicas actuales de la vitrificación de ovocitos y la maduración de ovocitos in vitro.
- Discusión de enfoques experimentales que incluyen la criopreservación del tejido ovárico, la protección farmacológica, el crecimiento de folículos in vitro y el trasplante de folículos.
Principales resultados:
- La vitrificación de ovocitos y la maduración in vitro son prometedoras, pero se encuentran en las primeras etapas para la preservación de la fertilidad.
- Las técnicas experimentales como la criopreservación del tejido ovárico requieren una optimización adicional.
Conclusiones:
- El asesoramiento para la preservación de la fertilidad debe ofrecerse temprano a los pacientes jóvenes con cáncer.
- Se espera que el desarrollo de nuevas técnicas amplíe las opciones de preservación de la fertilidad en la próxima década, beneficiando tanto a las sobrevivientes de cáncer como a las mujeres que experimentan una disminución de la fertilidad relacionada con la edad.
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