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ea0049s10.2 | The Challenges of Male Fertility | ECE2017

Fertility preservation in pre-pubertal and young males

van Pelt Ans

Survival rates for patients with cancer have continuously increased over the past decade as a result of more advanced cancer treatment. As a consequence, adverse side effects of cancer therapy becomes an important health issue for these cancer survivors. Male sterility is a relative common side effect of cancer treatment. This adverse fertility effect is caused by gonadotoxic effects as the cancer treatments not only effectively kill cancer cells but also destroy the progenito...