Sperm count in Swedish clinical stage I testicular cancer patients following adjuvant treatment

Annals of Oncology : Official Journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology
K WeibringG Cohn-Cedermark

Abstract

Little is known regarding sperm production following adjuvant treatment in testicular cancer (TC) clinical stage I (CS I) patients. A total of 182 TC patients aged 18-50 years were prospectively included during 2001-2006 at any given time within 5 years of orchiectomy. Semen samples were delivered postorchiectomy but before further treatment, 6, 12, 24, 36 and 60 months (T0-T60) after completed therapy. Total sperm number (TSN) and sperm concentration (SC) were used as measurements of testicular function. Four groups according to treatment modality were identified; Radiotherapy; To a total dose of 25.2 Gy to the infradiaphragmal paraaortic and ipsilateral iliac lymph nodes (RT, N = 70), one cycle of adjuvant BEP (bleomycin, etoposide, cisplatin, 5 day regimen) (BEP, N = 62), one cycle of adjuvant carboplatin AUC 7 (Carbo, N = 22), and patients managed by surveillance (SURV, N = 28). In the cross-sectional analysis, a significant but transient drop in mean TSN and mean SC (T0-T60) was seen at T6 after radiotherapy. Apart from a significant increase in mean SC at T12 compared with baseline, no significant differences were observed in the other treatment groups. In 119 patients delivering 3 or more samples, values in TSN and SC we...Continue Reading

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