Abstract
Oncofertility, an interdisciplinary field, aims at improving the uality of life of cancer patients prone to iatrogenic infertility by offering fertility preservation options for a potentially fertile future. Semen cryopreservation (SC) is a well-established and effective way of preserving fertility in adolescent and young adult cancer-diagnosed males as they face potential fertility loss due to cancer and its treatments. The pathophysiology of certain cancers, such as testicular cancer or Hodgkin’s lymphoma, has been shown to have an adverse effect on semen uality. Ablative therapies like chemotherapy and radiotherapy can result in compromised sperm parameters depending on the dose and the type of the drug or radiation. Hence, it is recommended to encourage cancer-diagnosed males to store sperm prior to gonadotoxic therapy to restore potential fertility in the future. Despite the feasibility of SC, this option remains underutilised due to several limitations.
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