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ArticleCancers2023

Response to Controlled Ovarian Stimulation Is Not Impaired in Young Patients with a Sarcoma: Results from a Monocentric Case-Control Study.

Raffaella Cioffi, Luca Pagliardini, Antonio Quartucci, Enrico Papaleo, Valeria Stella Vanni, Salvatore Provenzano, Rossella Bertulli, Massimo Candiani, Giorgia Mangili

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Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Raffaella CioffiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4370-8271
Luca PagliardiniDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3960-7454
Antonio QuartucciDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2368-4989
Enrico PapaleoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.
Valeria Stella VanniDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6539-7294
Salvatore ProvenzanoMedical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Rossella BertulliMedical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Massimo CandianiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2129-2626
Giorgia MangiliDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.

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Abstract

Sarcomas are relatively common in the young and their treatment can impair fertility. Fertility preservation can be achieved via the cryopreservation of gametes after controlled ovarian stimulation before cancer treatment. A reduced response to hormonal stimulation in patients suffering from certain types of malignancy is reported. The purpose of this study was to assess the performance of oocyte cryopreservation in patients with sarcoma by comparing their outcomes with those of a population without cancer. Patients were matched by age with control women undergoing hormonal stimulation for isolated male factor infertility. The population included 84 women with a sarcoma and 355 controls. In the final analysis, 37 patients with sarcoma were matched in a 1:3 ratio with 109 healthy controls. Patients with sarcoma were generally younger and were stimulated with lower FSH doses. They did not perform worse than controls during stimulation, with an average retrieval of 10.6 oocytes vs. 8.1 in the controls. Linear regression on the number of retrieved mature oocytes confirmed that patients with sarcoma performed comparably to controls. In conclusion, patients with sarcoma can expect retrieval outcomes comparable to those of patients without cancer.

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fertility preservationoncofertilityoocyte cryopreservationovarian stimulationsarcoma

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PMID37370751
PMCPMC10296331

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