Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 5 , Pages 1652-1656 , October 2010

A nationwide survey of oncologists regarding treatment-related infertility and fertility preservation in female cancer patients

  • Eric J. Forman, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Eric J. Forman, M.D., Duke University Medical Center, Box 3616, Durham, NC. 27713 (FAX: 919-668-5547).
    • ,
  • Carey K. Anders, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Millie A. Behera, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Received 25 July 2009 ,Revised 24 September 2009 ,Accepted 5 October 2009.

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 E.J.F. has nothing to disclose. C.K.A. has nothing to disclose. M.A.B. is a speaker and investigator for Insightec.

PII: S0015-0282(09)03864-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.008

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 94, Issue 5 , Pages 1652-1656 , October 2010

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