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Descriptor English:   Fertility Preservation 
Descriptor Spanish:   Preservación de la Fertilidad 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Preservação da Fertilidade 
Synonyms English:   Fertility Preservations
Preservation, Fertility
Preservations, Fertility  
Tree Number:   E02.875.800.625
E04.936.537.562
E05.820.800.625
Definition English:   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. 
See Related English:   Oocyte Retrieval
Organ Sparing Treatments
Sperm Retrieval
 
History Note English:   2012 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods MO mortality
NU nursing PX psychology
ST standards SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends UT utilization
VE veterinary  
Record Number:   54698 
Unique Identifier:   D059247 

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