Fertilité masculine après chimiothérapie: à propos d’une série de 26 patients traités pour cancer du testicule stade 1

Follow-up care for young adult survivors of cancer: lessons from pediatrics

“…For example, men may not be made aware of the opportunity to bank sperm until after treatment begins [101]. Patients may not be given the relevant information [10] with the result that 42-54% of eligible patients do not bank sperm [97]. This means that many survivors are denied the opportunity to father a child; potentially an unnecessary compromise to achievement of optimal QOL.…”

Fertility after cancer in men

“…However, the rate of sperm banking among cancer patients remains low. [4][5][6][7] In this issue of CUAJ, Selk and colleagues 8 report that the use of cryopreserved sperm, taken from cancer patients before chemotherapy, with assisted reproductive technologies yielded high pregnancy rates. This information is not only encouraging to cancer survivors, but it also highlights the importance of oncologists' awareness of this information so that they can provide proper counselling to young cancer patients on fertility preservation before they undergo cytotoxic cancer therapies.…”