Sperm cryopreservation in adolescents with cancer

Abstract Objective To evaluate whether sperm banking is under-used in adolescents with cancer. Study design We reviewed our 33 years long experience of semen cryopreservation and identified male subjects with cancer aged 14−21 years who banked their sperm. We hypothesized as a referring model a constant rate of referral in every age category (uniform distribution). In addition, we evaluated whether the distribution of the referrals per age varied according to historical periods and compared semen quality in the different age groups. Results Overall, 317 subjects were selected. A sharp increase with age emerged (p Conclusions This study confirmed that sperm banking is under-used in adolescents with cancers. Future studies should better clarify the determinants of this low referral and identify interventions that can improve the situation.