Paternity Following Treatment for Testicular Cancer

• Published in: JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute Vol. 97; no. 21; pp. 1580 - 1588
• Main Authors: Brydøy, Marianne, Fosså, Sophie D., Klepp, Olbjørn, Bremnes, Roy M., Wist, Erik A., Wentzel-Larsen, Tore, Dahl, Olav
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cary, NC Oxford University Press 02.11.2005; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Actuarial Analysis; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Confidence Intervals; Confounding Factors (Epidemiology); Fertility; Fertility - drug effects; Fertility - radiation effects; Fertilization; Follow-Up Studies; Germinoma - drug therapy; Germinoma - radiotherapy; Germinoma - surgery; Germinoma - therapy; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Lymph Node Excision; Male; Male genital diseases; Medical sciences; Men; Middle Aged; Norway; Orchiectomy; Predictive Value of Tests; Proportional Hazards Models; Reproductive Techniques, Assisted; Retroperitoneal Space; Sperm Banks - standards; Surveys and Questionnaires; Survivors - statistics & numerical data; Testicular Neoplasms - drug therapy; Testicular Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Testicular Neoplasms - surgery; Testicular Neoplasms - therapy; Tumors; Norway; Human; Cancerology; Treatment; Fertility; Malignant tumor; Paternity; Male genital diseases; Testicular diseases; Testicle cancer

Background: Studies of fertility in men treated for testicular cancer have mainly addressed serum follicle-stimulating hormone levels and sperm parameters. We assessed post-treatment paternity among long-term survivors of testicular cancer. Methods: Men (n = 1814) who had been treated for unilateral...