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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2019

Oncofertility: Pharmacological Protection and Immature Testicular Tissue (ITT)-Based Strategies for Prepubertal and Adolescent Male Cancer Patients.

Elissavet Ntemou, Chrysanthi Alexandri, Pascale Lybaert, Ellen Goossens, Isabelle Demeestere

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elissavet NtemouResearch Laboratory in Human Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), B-1070 Brussels, Belgium. entemou@ulb.ac.be.
Chrysanthi AlexandriResearch Laboratory in Human Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), B-1070 Brussels, Belgium. Chrysanthi.Alexandri@ulb.ac.be.
Pascale LybaertLaboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), B-1070 Brussels, Belgium. plybaert@ulb.ac.be.
Ellen GoossensBiology of the Testis (BITE) Laboratory, Department of Reproduction, Genetics and Regenerative Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1090 Brussels, Belgium. ellen.goossens@vub.ac.be.ORCID 0000-0001-7601-9689
Isabelle DemeestereResearch Laboratory in Human Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), B-1070 Brussels, Belgium. idemeest@ulb.ac.be.ORCID 0000-0002-3192-6565
Université Libre de Bruxelles · BEVrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

Funding

Fondation contre le Cancer FAF-C/2018/1274Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS 7.4621.14Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS 7.6503.17Fonds Erasme -Fonds Ithier (ULB) -
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While the incidence of cancer in children and adolescents has significantly increased over the last decades, improvements made in the field of cancer therapy have led to an increased life expectancy for childhood cancer survivors. However, the gonadotoxic effect of the treatments may lead to infertility. Although semen cryopreservation represents the most efficient and safe fertility preservation method for males producing sperm, it is not feasible for prepubertal boys. The development of an effective strategy based on the pharmacological protection of the germ cells and testicular function during gonadotoxic exposure is a non-invasive preventive approach that prepubertal boys could benefit from. However, the progress in this field is slow. Currently, cryopreservation of immature testicular tissue (ITT) containing spermatogonial stem cells is offered to prepubertal boys as an experimental fertility preservation strategy by a number of medical centers. Several in vitro and in vivo fertility restoration approaches based on the use of ITT have been developed so far with autotransplantation of ITT appearing more promising. In this review, we discuss the pharmacological approaches for fertility protection in prepubertal and adolescent boys and the fertility restoration approaches developed on the utilization of ITT.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdult Germline Stem CellsChildChild, PreschoolCryopreservationFertility PreservationHumansInfantMaleMicroRNAsNeoplasmsTestisTissue PreservationMicroRNAsadolescent malescancerfertility preservationgonadotoxic treatmentITToncofertilitypharmacological protectionprepubertal boysrestorationtestis

Identifiers

PMID31640294
PMCPMC6834329
OpenAlexW2980963924

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