Paternity following treatment for testicular cancer
Paternity following treatment for testicular cancer
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DOI:
10.1093/jnci/dji339
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发表时间:
2005-11-02
影响因子:
10.3
通讯作者:
Dahl, O
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作者:
Brydoy, M;Fosså, SD;Dahl, O
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 testicular cancer in Norway during 1980 through 1994 were invited to participate in a national multi-center follow-up survey in 1998 through 2002. The participants were allocated to five groups according to the treatment received after orchiectomy, including treatment at relapse (surveillance, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, radiotherapy, low-dose chemotherapy [i.e., 850 mg cisplatin]). Cox proportional hazards analysis was used to assess predictive factors for post-treatment paternity. Statistical tests were two-sided. Results: A total of 1433 men were assessable, of whom 827 were fathers at diagnosis. Posttreatment conception was attempted by 554 men, among whom the overall 15-year actuarial post-treatment paternity rate was 71% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 66% to 75%) without the use of cryopreserved semen. This rate ranged from 48% (95% CI = 30% to 69%) in the high-dose chemotherapy group to 92% (95% CI = 78% to 98%) in the surveillance group (P