Stored Ovarian Tissue Needs Testing Before Re-Implantation

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"The next step is to inform patients about the increasing success of ovarian tissue transplantation, to continue to improve the success of ovarian tissue transplantation, but also to call on fertility centers that store ovarian tissue to look for minimal residual disease and to start freezing tissue now for future investigation," Meirow said. "All of this holds true for testicular tissue, too, although we are not so advanced in successfully removing, storing and transplanting testicular tissue as we are with ovarian tissue."

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