The habits of European urologists in the field of cryopreservation before the urological cancers treatment.

bladder cancer male fertility prostate cancer testicular cancer

Journal

Andrology
ISSN: 2047-2927
Titre abrégé: Andrology
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101585129

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
06 Jan 2024
Historique:
revised: 24 10 2023
received: 16 05 2023
accepted: 11 12 2023
medline: 7 1 2024
pubmed: 7 1 2024
entrez: 6 1 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Treatments against urogenital cancers frequently have fertility side-effects. The strategy to preserve fertility after oncologic treatments is still a matter of debate with a lack of evidence and international guidelines. The aim of this study is to investigate fertility preservation practices before urogenital cancer treatments and to compare national habits. An online anonymous survey was submitted from January to June 2021 to six European urological societies. The 31-items questionnaire included questions about demography, habits of evaluation, and management of fertility preservation in case of urogenital cancer treatments. Two hundred twenty-eight urologists from six urological societies in five different countries (Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Finland) filled out the survey. Three quarter (74%; n = 166) usually propose a cryopreservation before orchidectomy. In case of oligo/azoo-spermia, the technique performed for the sperm extraction during orchidectomy varies among the sample: 70.5% (n = 160) of the responders do not perform a Testicular Sperm Extraction (TESE) nor a Percutaneous Epididymal Sperm Aspiration (PESA). The cryopreservation for prostate cancer treatments is never proposed in 48.17% (n = 105) of responders but conversely it is always proposed in 5.05% (n = 11). The cryopreservation before bladder cancer treatments is not commonly proposed (67.5%, n = 154). Our study showed variable country specific tendencies in terms of fertility preservation in the period of treatment of urological cancers. These differences seem to be related to national guidelines recommendations. Standardization of international guidelines is urgently needed in the field of fertility for urological cancer patients.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38183375
doi: 10.1111/andr.13577
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Informations de copyright

© 2024 American Society of Andrology and European Academy of Andrology.

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Auteurs

Amandine Degraeve (A)

Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Belgium.
Department of Urology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Thierry Roumeguere (T)

Department of Urology, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles (H.U.B), Erasme Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

Gilles Tilmans (G)

Unit of Abdominal Surgery, Saint-Luc University Clinics, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

Marie-Laura Marotta (ML)

Department of Andrology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université Catholique de Louvain, Namur, Belgium.

Eric Huyghe (E)

Department of Urology-Kidney transplantation-Andrology-Rangueil Hopital, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
Department of Reproductive Medicine, Paule de Viguier Hospital, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
UMR 1203 « DEFE » (Development-Embryo-Fertility-Environment) -INSERM-Université de Toulouse-Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.

Georges Fournier (G)

Department of Urology, University of Brest, Brest, France.

Antoine Faix (A)

Department of Urology, Clinique Beau Soleil, Montpellier, France.

Anne-Françoise Spinoit (AF)

Department of Urology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

Karel Decaestecker (K)

Department of Urology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

François Herve (F)

Department of Urology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

Florence Boitrelle (F)

Reproductive Biology, Fertility Preservation, Andrology, CECOS, Poissy Hospital, Poissy, France.
Paris Saclay University, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France.

Kanerva Lahdensuo (K)

Department of Urology and Research Program in Systems Oncology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.

Lorenzo Tosco (L)

Department of Urology, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles (H.U.B), Erasme Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.

Julien Van Damme (J)

Department of Urology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium.

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