Male Fertility Preservation: A boon for young cancer survivors

Vickram A S; Nibedita Dey; Kuldeep Dhama

doi:10.18006/2022.10(4).713.727

Authors

Vickram A S Department of Biotechnology, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4319-1575
Nibedita Dey Department of Biotechnology, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4645-5612
Kuldeep Dhama Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7469-4752

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18006/2022.10(4).713.727

Keywords:

Cancer Survivors, Male Infertility, Fertility Preservation, Semen Extenders, Ejaculatory Dysfunction

Abstract

Diagnosis of any ailment especially cancer is found to be pivotal to evaluating the type of treatment that needs to be administered to man. It aids in subsequent prognosis and timely recovery in patients. When concerned with male cancer survivors, the emphasis on their fertility health is always an issue. As the numbers of survivors are increasing day by day due to the advanced medical and technological approaches, man could look with confidence to a life of ease from cancer. To review and compile all the feasible as well as relevant information about the preservation of male fertility from published resources. Reputed databases were searched for content based on specific keywords like “fertility preservation after cancer treatment", "methods of male gamete preservation", "methods of semen collection for preservation", "fertility preservation", "erectile dysfunction" and "testicular cancer and fertility". The year of publication for articles under study was restricted from 2016-2021 in most of the databases. It was found that oncologists generally recommended preservation of the male fertility before the commencement of the cancer treatment procedures. Preservation of fertility among young men should be considered in all patients before initiating any kind of prognosis related to the disease.

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