Edge B, Holmes D, Makin G
Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, UK.
Arch Dis Child. 2006 Feb;91(2):149-52. doi: 10.1136/adc.2005.075242. Epub 2005 Sep 20.
Semen cryopreservation is a widely available method of maintaining fertility in male cancer patients. However this facility is not always used.
To identify the barriers to successful sperm banking in a group of adolescent and young adult patients.
Questionnaires were administered to 55 patients aged 13-21 years who had received potentially gonadotoxic therapy between 1997 and 2001 and had been offered sperm banking.
Forty five questionnaires were completed; 67% of respondents were able to bank sperm. Those who had been unsuccessful were younger and described higher levels of anxiety at diagnosis and greater difficulty in talking about fertility. They also described less understanding of sperm banking at the time of diagnosis.
Most adolescent cancer patients who have been offered fertility preservation are able to bank sperm. Younger patients may be helped by the provision of high quality information and more open discussion of the technique.
精液冷冻保存是一种广泛应用于维持男性癌症患者生育能力的方法。然而，这种方法并非总是被采用。
确定一组青少年和青年成年患者成功进行精子库保存的障碍。
对55名年龄在13至21岁之间的患者进行问卷调查，这些患者在1997年至2001年期间接受了可能具有性腺毒性的治疗，并已被提供精子库保存服务。
45份问卷得以完成；67%的受访者能够保存精子。那些未成功保存精子的患者年龄较小，在诊断时表现出更高的焦虑水平，并且在谈论生育问题时困难更大。他们还表示在诊断时对精子库保存的了解较少。
大多数被提供生育力保存服务的青少年癌症患者能够保存精子。为年轻患者提供高质量信息并更开放地讨论该技术可能会有所帮助。
