This emerges from a new study that was published in Human Reproduction , and researchers who have carried out of the group of lymphomas of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer.
A cancer patient will have a simple semen when they complete treatment, but although the results of this test are not definitive and eventually semen can be recovered, the fertility can also be affected in the long term.
The authors of the research conducted a survey of 902 men who participated in various clinical trials and shared the fact that he survived a Hodgkin lymphoma , in order to check the effect on fatherhood freeze sperm before starting treatment cancer.
In 40% of cases, these men had frozen semen samples before starting chemotherapy. 334 patients decided to have children after treatment, and while 62% did so naturally, 38% had to resort to assisted reproduction techniques .
The researchers found that the availability of frozen semen doubled the chances of being parents of these patients, so they emphasize how important it is to inform the men who have to undergo cancer therapy the benefits flowing cryopreserve their semen before doing .
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