@article{ef927413e7f243219f4ac1472cad26ba,
title = "Prospects of Rescuing Young Eggs for Oncofertility",
abstract = "Childhood cancer patients undergoing cancer therapy can be rendered infertile during adulthood. With more girls surviving cancer, fertility preservation in young cancer patients is a major clinical challenge. Advances in egg culture may offer benefits for the fertility of these patients in the future.",
keywords = "cancer survival, fertility preservation, infertility, oocyte in vitro maturation, oocyte quality",
author = "Bertoldo, {Michael J.} and Johan Smitz and Wu, {Lindsay E.} and Lee, {Hoi Chang} and Woodruff, {Teresa K.} and Gilchrist, {Robert B.}",
note = "Funding Information: R.B.G., J.S., L.E.W., and T.K.W. are recipients of a National Health and Medical Research Project Grant (APP1139763) on this topic and L.E.W. and R.B.G. are funded by National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowships (APP1122879, APP1117538). J.S. is co-inventor on granted patents on Capacitation-IVM methodology in the USA (US10392601B2) and Europe (EP3234112B1) and declares shares in Lavima Fertility, Inc. L.E.W. is a founder, shareholder, and advisor to Jumpstart Fertility, Inc. and has received funding to study this topic. Funding Information: M.J.B. was supported by a Dorothea Sandars Churchill Fellowship to visit the laboratory of T.K.W. We thank Debra Gook, Kirsty Walters, William Ledger, Dulama Richani, Angelique Riepsamen, Yiqing Zhao, and Antoinette Anazodo for helpful discussions and collaborations on this topic. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.tem.2020.07.004",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "31",
pages = "708--711",
journal = "Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism",
issn = "1043-2760",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "10",
}
