X-Message-Number: 5428
From:  (David L Evens)
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: Re: ovaries
Date: 14 Dec 1995 22:36:58 GMT
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James N Hormuzdiar () wrote:

: Hello all-

: 	There is an interesting article in the New York Times science 
: section Tuesday Dec. 12 about how doctors are removing womens ovaries 
: (under conditions where they will be in danger from chemotherepy), 
: storing them, and then returning them later.

It appears to me that the endometrium of the uterus would be far more at 
risk of permanent damage from chemo than the ovaries would (as the 
non-active folicles of the ovary contain few if any dividing cells, they 
are highly resistant to chemotheraputic agents, while the endometrial 
cells go through phases of rapid division and growth, rendering them 
highly vulnerable).

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