Preserving Fertility For Breast Cancer Patients: where do we stand today?

Psarris A, Marinopoulos S, Kallianidis K, Loutradis D, Drakakis P

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women of reproductive age. The advances in treatment have resulted in an increased survival rate. However, keeping in mind that most women have not completed their families, treatment-related infertility poses a serious concern. The purpose of this review is to analyse the current options for fertility preservation in young breast cancer patients …

Posted in 2017 Volume 16 – Issue 4 Tagged , , , ,

Gonadotropin surge attenuating factor: Α physiological regulator

Messinis Ioannis, Messini Christina, Dimitraki Marina, Anifandis George, Dafopoulos Konstantinos

Gonadotropin surge attenuating factor (GnSAF) is a non- steroidal ovarian substance, which attenuates the endogenous LH surge in superovulated women. Although several attempts have been made to purify GnSAF from various biological materials, different sequences were found. Only one of them has shown substantial homology of GnSAF to a known portion of the human genome …

Posted in 2015 Volume 14 – Issue 1 Tagged , , , ,