Analysis of the benefit of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist treatment in premenopausal women undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation.

ABSTRACT: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) appears to exhibit ovarian protection during chemotherapy for malignant tumors. The purpose of this study was to analyze the benefits of GnRHa in premenopausal women undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HSCT). Candidates for myeloablative chemotherapy HSCT requiring fertility preservation in the Gynecological Endocrinology Clinic of Peking University People's Hospital from December 2011 to December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients who chose to receive GnRHa treatment were given at least 2 courses of a 3.75-mg dose of a GnRHa before myeloablative chemotherapy, and patients who chose not to receive GnRHa treatment were included in the control group. All patients were monitored for menstruation return and menopause-related s

SUBMITTER: Han R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10477207 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature