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fertility preservation
A procedure that consists in obtaining and preserving eggs and sperm in order to maintain the reproductive capacity of men and women. The most used technologies are egg vitrification and sperm freezing, which are especially indicated for cancer patients and, in the case of women, for those who wish to delay their childbearing age.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Assisted Reproductive Techniques
Level of specialization High
Definition source Reproducción Asistida ORG
Starting age Between 18 and 30 years
Gender relationship No
Specific to one sex No
Variants
Synonym
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

preservación de la fertilidad

Valenciano

preservació de la fertilitat
Associated concepts
Type of
fertility treatment
assisted human reproduction technique
Examples
LH administration as a potential strategy for ovarian protection and female fertility preservation against highly gonadotoxic chemotherapy Introduction.
According to reproductive experts, the ultimate strategy for fertility preservation would be that which can be performed regardless of the patient's age and menstrual phase, which does not carry any health risks, nor interfere with the efficacy of antineoplastic treatment, nor delay administration of oncologic therapy, and nor require invasive procedures.
Collocations
WITH VERBS
assess || recommend | consider | indicate || undergo | direct | attempt | standarize | seek | pursue fertility preservation
WITH ADJECTIVES
 urgent || oncologic | elective | non-elective || female | male || radiation-related | gonadotoxic | non-oncologic || evidence-based | cancer-related fertility preservation 
WITH NOUNS
 fertility preservation update || cryopreservation | donor |  cancer care