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cord-319511-gzanhu4w	Silvestris, Erica	Fertility preservation in cancer patients at the time of COVID-19 pandemic	2020-09-09		.txt	text/plain	1044	58	39	To prevent the infertility risk induced by anti-cancer chemotherapy or other gonadotoxic treatments as well as pelvic surgery, these patients have access to fertility preservation (FP) procedures which include oocytes cryopreservation after hormone stimulation or ovarian cortex cryostorage in females, and sperm freezing in males [1, 2] . During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, however, while symptomatic COVID-19 + cancer patients candidate to FP are addressed to specific programs for the infection healing, asymptomatic patients considered virus-free through negative serological test may still have access to FP programs in Italy since only major procedures of ART (Assisted Reproduction Technology) have been restricted [4] , whereas no structured recommendations have been issued for managing these patients [5] . Concerning the possible virus transmission through sperm by male cancer patients, it is also crucial to assess the liquid components of the seminal plasma.	./cache/cord-319511-gzanhu4w.txt	./txt/cord-319511-gzanhu4w.txt