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. 2021 Sep 16;10(18):4192. doi: 10.3390/jcm10184192

Table 4.

Available meta-analyses assessing temporary ovarian suppression with GnRHa during chemotherapy in patients with malignancies other than breast cancer or not restricted to only breast cancer trials.

Authors Year Disease No. of Included Studies
(no. of RCTs)
No. of
Patients
Overall Results
Clowse et. al. [93] 2009 Autoimmune diseases, HL and NHL 9 (2) 366 Protection for POI
Ben-Aharon et al. [94] 2010 Autoimmune diseases, breast cancer, HL and NHL 16 (5) 681 Protection for POI (not in RCTs)
Kim et al. [95] 2010 Autoimmune diseases, breast cancer, HL and NHL 11 (3) 654 Protection for POI
Bedaiwy et al. [96] 2011 Breast cancer, ovarian cancer and HL 6 (6) 340 Protection for POI (not for pregnancy)
Zhang et al. [97] 2013 HL and NHL 7 (3) 434 Protection for POI (not for pregnancy)
Sun et al. [98] 2014 Breast cancer, ovarian cancer and HL 8 (8) 621 Protection for POI (not for pregnancy)
Del Mastro et al. [99] 2014 Breast cancer, ovarian cancer, HL and NHL 9 (9) 765 Protection for POI
Elgindy et al. [59] 2015 Breast cancer, ovarian cancer, HL and NHL 10 (10) 907 No protection
Senra et al. [100] 2018 Breast cancer, HL and NHL 13 (13) 1208 Protection for POI (also for pregnancy)
Hickman et al. [101] 2018 Breast cancer, ovarian cancer, HL and NHL 10 (10) 1051 Protection for POI
Sofiyeva et al. [102] 2019 Autoimmune diseases, breast cancer, HL and NHL 18 (11) 1043 Protection for POI
Zheng et al. [103] 2019 Breast cancer, HL and NHL 12 (12) 1413 Protection for POI (not for pregnancy)
Chen et al. [104] 2019 Breast cancer, ovarian cancer and HL 12 (12) 1369 Protection for POI (not for pregnancy)
Luong et al. [105] 2020 Autoimmune diseases 3 (1) 93 Protection for POI

Abbreviations: POI, premature ovarian insufficiency; GnRHa, gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist; HL, Hodgkin lymphoma; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma.