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Fertility preservation during oncological treatment

Joanna Kufel-Grabowska1, Krzysztof Łukaszuk23, Magdalena Błażek4, Agnieszka Jagiełło-Gruszfeld5, Anna Horbaczewska67, Ninela Irga-Jaworska8, Robert Jach67, Piotr Jędrzejczak910, Izabela Kopeć11, Maryna Krawczuk-Rybak12, Maciej Krzakowski13, Katarzyna Pogoda5, Maria Sąsiadek14, Robert Spaczyński10, Monika Urbaniak15, Elżbieta Wojciechowska-Lampka16, Sławomir Wołczyński17, Jacek Jassem1
Oncol Clin Pract 2024;20(2):100-116.

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