Fertility preservation

Gynecological cancers comprise more than 30% of all cancer mortality in women worldwide and are responsible for an estimated 40% of all cancer incidence. Recently, there has been a significant surge in the prevalence of cancer diagnosis occurring at an earlier stage of life.

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We present a case of yolk sack tumor of vagina, in which we directed a special attention towards chemotherapy along with an appropriate surgical approach to remove the tumor and preserve sexual and reproductive function.

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Identify biological characteristics, some indicators of physiological and biochemical blood and urine of civets in captivity; determine the change in sex hormones of female civets and evaluate the effect of sexual stimulation on the fertility of civets in captivity in order to preserve herd in the direction of quantity development.

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Malignant germ cell tumors are usually large (median—16 cm). Bilateral disease is rare except in dysgerminoma (10–15% bilaterality). Abdominal or pelvic pain in young women is the usual presenting symptom. Serum human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) and α fetoprotein levels are useful in the diagnosis and management of these patients. Before the advent of chemotherapy, extensive surgery was routine, but it has now been replaced by careful evaluation of extent of spread, followed by resection of bulky disease and preservation of one ovary, the uterus, and the cervix, if feasible.

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Fertility Infertility is an important consequence of the treatment of GCTs. Preexisting infertility or impaired fertility is often present. Azoospermia and/or oligospermia are present at diagnosis in at least 50% of patients with testicular GCTs. Ejaculatory dysfunction is associated with RPLND, and germ cell damage may result from cisplatin-containing chemotherapy. Nerve-sparing techniques to preserve the retroperitoneal sympathetic nerves have made retrograde ejaculation less likely in the subgroups of patients who are candidates for this operation.

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