"Fertility Preservation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A method of providing future reproductive opportunities before a medical treatment with known risk of loss of fertility. Typically reproductive organs or tissues (e.g., sperm, egg, embryos and ovarian or testicular tissues) are cryopreserved for future use before the medical treatment (e.g., chemotherapy, radiation) begins.
| Descriptor ID |
D059247
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.875.800.625 E04.936.537.562 E05.820.800.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Fertility Preservation- Fertility Preservation
- Fertility Preservations
- Preservation, Fertility
- Preservations, Fertility
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fertility Preservation" by people in Profiles.
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Fertility Preservation and Financial Hardship among Adolescent and Young Adult Women with Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 05 04; 31(5):1043-1051.