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  2. Oocyte cryopreservation - Wikipedia

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    Individuals diagnosed with cancer who have not yet begun chemotherapy or radiotherapy can also benefit from oocyte cryopreservation. [4] Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are toxic to oocytes, reducing the number of viable eggs. In these cases, egg freezing may be used to preserve eggs. [5] [6] [clarification needed] [citation needed]

  3. Transvaginal oocyte retrieval - Wikipedia

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    Transvaginal oocyte retrieval (TVOR), also referred to as oocyte retrieval (OCR), is a technique used in in vitro fertilization (IVF) in order to remove oocytes from an ovary, enabling fertilization outside the body. [1]

  4. Embryo cryopreservation - Wikipedia

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    A study in France between 1999 and 2011 came to the result that embryo freezing before administration of gonadotoxic chemotherapy agents to females caused a delay of treatment in 34% of cases, and a live birth in 27% of surviving cases who wanted to become pregnant, with the follow-up time varying between 1 and 13 years. [14]

  5. Egg donation - Wikipedia

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    Egg donation is the process by which a woman donates eggs to enable another woman to conceive as part of an assisted reproduction treatment or for biomedical research. For assisted reproduction purposes, egg donation typically involves in vitro fertilization technology, with the eggs being fertilized in the laboratory; more rarely, unfertilized eggs may be frozen and stored for later use.

  6. Assisted reproductive technology - Wikipedia

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    Egg donors are resources for women with no eggs due to surgery, chemotherapy, or genetic causes; or with poor egg quality, previously unsuccessful IVF cycles or advanced maternal age. In the egg donor process, eggs are retrieved from a donor's ovaries, fertilized in the laboratory with the sperm from the recipient's partner, and the resulting ...

  7. Chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Nutritional problems are also frequently seen in cancer patients at diagnosis and through chemotherapy treatment. Research suggests that in children and young people undergoing cancer treatment, parenteral nutrition may help with this leading to weight gain and increased calorie and protein intake, when compared to enteral nutrition. [138]

  8. Exclusive-Thousands of frozen Gaza IVF embryos destroyed by ...

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    As the ultra-cold liquid evaporated, the temperature inside the tanks rose, destroying more than 4,000 embryos plus 1,000 more specimens of sperm and unfertilized eggs stored at Gaza City's Al ...

  9. Mayo Clinic - Wikipedia

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    Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit hospital system with campuses in Rochester, Minnesota; Scottsdale and Phoenix, Arizona; and Jacksonville, Florida. [22] [23] Mayo Clinic employs 76,000 people, including more than 7,300 physicians and clinical residents and over 66,000 allied health staff, as of 2022. [5]