Male fertility preservation

by Christine Wyns

Thanks to chemo- and radiotherapeutic intervention, between 70% and 80% of children suffering from cancer survive their malignancies (Steliarova-Foucher et al., 2004; Ries et al., 2004; Stiller et al., 2006; Magnani et al., 2006; Brenner et al., 2007). However, a major and psychologically traumatic residual issue is fertility in adult life, which can be severely impaired by such therapy, regardless of the patient's pubertal status at the time of cytotoxic treatment (Howell and Shalet, 2001). Read more »