Laurie Barclay, MD
NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Apr 15 Oncologists are sometimes remiss when it comes to discussing sperm banking before chemotherapy, according to 2 studies by the same group in the April 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
"All men who are about to receive cancer treatment that could impair fertility should be counseled about such side effects and given adequate information to make an informed decision about banking sperm," write Leslie R. Schover, PhD, from University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and colleagues.
In a postal survey yielding a sample of 201 male cancer patients aged 14 to 40 years, 51% expressed a desire to have children in the future, including 77% of men who were childless when cancer was diagnosed. Sixty percent of men were informed about infertility as an adverse effect of cancer treatment, and only 51% were offered sperm banking.
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