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The study is retrospective analyses about 21 cancer patients occur to our centre, Infertility And Assisted Reproduction of University of Pisa, in order to preserve their fertility before cancer treatment. We investigate the use of different stimulation protocol, according to different phases of menstrual cycle and according to cancer disease.
Patients are divided into two groups depending on the phase of menstrual cycle, follicular or late follicular/luteal phase, at the moment of first examination. Standard stimulation protocol with gonadotropins is administered in the follicular group, whereas in the second group we use GnRH (gonadotropin releasing hormone) antagonist before gonadotropins administration in order to have a rapid luteolysis. Among the 21 cancer patients, three are affected by breast cancer and two of them receive a controlled ovarian stimulation with a combined letrozole-gonadotropins protocol after GnRH-antagonist induced luteolysis.
The outcome measures are number of days needed before starting procedure,
duration of stimulation, cumulative dosage of gonadotropins number of oocyte retrieved
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