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Oncology

Fertility outcome of breast cancer and Hodgkin’s lymphoma female survivors: a growing clinical challenge for gynecologists and oncologists

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Pages 729-734 | Received 18 Mar 2013, Accepted 26 Mar 2013, Published online: 10 Jun 2013

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