BACKGROUND Infertility is an important side effect of treatments used for cancer and other
non-malignant conditions in males. This may be due to the loss of spermatogonial stem cells …

Aim To provide practice guidelines about fertility preservation (FP) in oncology. Methods We
selected 400 articles after a PubMed review of the literature (1987–2019) …

BACKGROUND Childhood cancer incidence and survivorship are both on the rise.
However, many lifesaving treatments threaten the prepubertal testis. Cryopreservation of …

Medical treatments for cancers or other conditions can lead to permanent infertility. Infertility
is an insidious disease that impacts not only the ability to have a biological child but also the …

Curative therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD) currently requires gonadotoxic conditioning
that can impair future fertility. Fertility outcomes after curative therapy are likely affected by …

Cryopreservation of immature testicular tissue (ITT) prior to chemo/radiotherapy is now
ethically accepted and is currently the only way to preserve fertility of prepubertal boys about …

Due to the growing number of young patients at risk of germ cell loss, there is a need to
preserve spermatogonial stem cells for patients who are not able to bank spermatozoa …

Over the past two decades, the importance of fertility preservation has grown not only in the
realm of medical and clinical patient care, but also in the field of basic and applied research …

Fertility restoration in patients that survived a hematological cancer during childhood is a
core part of their care pathway. Nonetheless, there might be a risk of contamination of the …

STUDY QUESTION What is the long-term reproductive health outcome of patients who have
undergone testicular sampling for fertility preservation (FP) before and during the pubertal …