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FERTILITY PRESERVATION
ROOM 330 E
Moderators: Karen Glass
Jennifer Mersereau
O-260 11:15 AM
THE EFFECT OF SLOW-FREEZE VERSUS VITRIFICATION ON THE
OOCYTE: AN ANIMAL MODEL.
H. L. Feng, W. Hu, D. Marchesi, J. Qiao, A. Hershlag. Ob/Gyn, North
Shore University Hospital, Manahsset, NY; Ob/Gyn, Peking University
Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
O-261 11:30 AM
OXIDATIVE-STRESS INDUCES DOUBLE STRAND DNA BREAKS
DURING OVARIAN TISSUE STORAGE AND CRYOPRESERVATION
FOR FERTILITY PRESERVATION.
R. Soleimani 1,2 , E. Heytens 1 , R. Pourghorban 2 , O. Kutluk 1 , C. A.
Cuvelier 3 , P. De Sutter 2 . 1 Laboratory of Molecular Reproduction and
Fertility Preservation, Dept OB/GYN, New York Medical College,
Valhalla, NY; 2 Department of Reproductive Medicine, Ghent
University Hospital, Ghent, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium; 3 Department
of Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Oost Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
O-262 11:45 AM
THE EFFECT OF TAXANES ON MENSTRUATION AND OVARIAN
RESERVE IN WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER.
E. Arslan 1 , M. Karsy 1,2 , F. Moy 1,2 , K. H. Oktay 1 . 1 Department of
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Institute for Fertility Preservation, New York
Medical College, Valhalla, NY; 2 Department of Pathology, New York
Medical College, Valhalla, NY.
O-263 12:00 PM
THE EFFECT OF CANCEROUS OVARIAN MASSES AND BRCA
STATUS ON TOTAL FOLLICLE NUMBER.
M. E. Pavone, J. Hirshfeld-Cytron, C. Tingen, C. Thomas, P. Lowe,
T. Woodruff. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University,
Chicago, IL.
O-264 12:15 PM
ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED BREAST
CANCER PATIENTS MAY BE LOWER THAN IN HEALTHY WOMEN.
H. I. Su 1 , S. Komrokian 2 , A. DeMichele 2 , F. Z. Stanczyk 3 , A. Z. Steiner 4 .
1 Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La
Jolla, CA; 2 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 3 University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
O-265 12:30 PM
CANCER PATIENTS REQUESTS FOR REIS: REFERRALS PATTERNS
AND USE OF FERTILITY PRESERVATION.
G. P. Quinn 1 , C. Silva 2 , M. C. Lee 1 , S. T. Vadaparampil 1 , L. Hildreth 1 ,
S. Plosker 2 . 1 Cancer Prevention and Control, Moffitt Cancer Center,
Tampa, FL; 2 Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL.
O-266 12:45 PM
NORMAL PUBERTY IS NOT EQUAL TO NORMAL GONADAL
FUNCTION IN MALE AND FEMALE CHILDHOOD CANCER
SURVIVORS.
B. Yu 1 , C. Parker 2 , M. Merino 2 , M. Hill 1 , A. Armstrong 1 . 1 Program in
Adult and Reproductive Endocrinology, NICHD, National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, MD; 2 Pediatric Oncology, Department of
Pediatrics, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.
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ORAL ABSTRACTS
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OTHER: ART – LABORATORY/BASIC
ROOM 232 A/C
Moderators: Juergen Lieberman
Dave Ball
O-267 11:15 AM
HOW LONG DOES SPERM LIVE?
D. E. Marchesi, D. Petrilli, E. Hawkins, W. Xuimei, H. L. Feng, A.
Hershlag. Human Reproduction, NorthShore University Hospital,
Manhasset, NY.
O-268 11:30 AM
OPTIMISING THE TIMING BETWEEN OOCYTE COLLECTION,
CUMULUS REMOVAL AND INSEMINATION BY ICSI OR IVF.
C. F. L. Hickman 1 , A. Campbell 2 , S. Fishel 3 . 1 Trinidad IVF Fertility
Centre, Maraval, Trinidad and Tobago; 2 CARE Fertility, Manchester,
England, United Kingdom; 3 CARE Fertility, Nottingham, England,
United Kingdom.
O-269 11:45 AM
FOLLICULAR LEVELS OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH
FACTOR CAN BE A MARKER OF DECREASED EMBRYO QUALITY
IN ICSI CYCLES.
T. C. S. Bonetti 1 , G. A. Gonçalves 1 , C. V. Carvalho 1 , M. P. A. F.
Braga 2 , E. Borges Jr. 2 , I. D. C. G Silva 1 . 1 Gynecology Department,
Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; 2 Fertility -
Assisted Fertilization Center, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
O-270 12:00 PM
ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN.
O-271 12:15 PM
AGE-ASSOCIATED ALTERATION OF TELOMERE BIOLOGY IN
MOUSE OOCYTES.
M. Yamada 1 , T. Hamatani 1 , H. Akutsu 2 , T. Fukunaga 1 , N. Kuji 1 , Y.
Yoshimura 1 . 1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio
University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; 2 Department of
Reproductive Biology, National Research Institute for Child Health
and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
O-272 12:30 PM
EVALUATION OF FOLLICULAR FLUID ANTIOXIDANT-OXIDANT
STATUS IN HIGH, NORMO, AND POOR RESPONDER PATIENTS
UNDERGOING ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES.
C. Karakaya 1 , M. Kavutcu 2 , S. Gumuslu 1 , M. Oktem 1 , A. Erdem 1 , O.
Canbolat 2 . 1 Obstetrics and Gynecology,Division of Reproductive
Endocrinology and Infertility, Gazi University School of Medicine,
Ankara, Turkey; 2 Department of Biochemistry, Gazi University School
of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
O-273 12:45 PM
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM HOMEOSTASIS IS CRUCIAL FOR IN
VITRO BLASTOCYST DEVELOPMENT.
I. Bozkurt 1,2 , M. Basar 1 , I. Tekmen 2 , A. Arici 1 , U. A. Kayisli 1 . 1 Dept of
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School
of Medicine, New Haven, CT; 2 Dept of Histology and Embryology,
Dokuz Eylul University, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey.
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OUTCOME PREDICTORS-CLINICAL: ART
ROOM 240 A/B
Moderators: Ashok Agarwal
Anthony Propst
O-274 11:15 AM
ASIAN WOMEN DEMONSTRATE DIMINISHED FUNCTIONAL
OVARIAN RESERVE, DEFINED BY ANTI-MÜLLERIAN HORMONE
(AMH) AND OOCYTE YIELDS.
A. Weghofer 1,2,3 . 1 Center for Human Reproduction, New York, NY;
2 Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, New York, NY; 3 Department
of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University Vienna, Wien,
Austria.