Sperm Cryopreservation in Cancer Patients

Journal für Reproduktionsmedizin und Endokrinologie - Journal of Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology 2007; 4 (2): 106-108

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Keywords: Kryopreservation,  Neoplasma,  Reproduktionsmedizin,  Samen,  Spermatozoen,  malignant neoplasm,  semen,  spermatozoa

Cancer patients are treated multiprofessionally by medical specialists. We predominantly see testicular tumors and haematological malignancies. From 2002 to 2006, 82 cancer patients presented for cryopreservation of semen in our department. Age distribution and various oncological diseases are consistent with epidemiological data. In all malignancies, semen quality was reduced, with a pronounced reduction in testicular tumors. In cancer treatment, a variety of therapeutic strategies such as surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy are well established. Especially radiotherapy and chemotherapy are potentially hazardous for spermatogenesis, the individual risk, however, cannot be predicted. Therefore, cryopreservation of spermatozoa should be offered to all patients prior to cancer treatment.