Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 5 , Pages 2016.e1-2016.e5 , November 2008

Fatal colon cancer in a young egg donor: a physician mother's call for follow-up and research on the long-term risks of ovarian stimulation

  • Jennifer Schneider, M.D., Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jennifer P. Schneider, M.D., Arizona Community Physicians, 1500 North Wilmot Road, Suite B 250, Tucson, AZ 85712 (FAX: 520-290-0596).

Received 12 October 2007 ,Revised 20 December 2007 ,Accepted 20 December 2007.

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 J. S. has nothing to disclose.

 Dr. Schneider reports being the mother of an egg donor who subsequently died at age 31 of colon cancer.

PII: S0015-0282(07)04383-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.074

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