Why cancer patients request disposal of cryopreserved semen specimens posttherapy: A retrospective study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 889-893

  Hallak, Jorge ^a   Sharma, Rakesh K ^a   Thomas Jr , Anthony J ^a   Agarwal, Ashok ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cryopreservation; Infertility; Posttreatment fertility; Sperm bank; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM BANKS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0032079513     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00035-1     Document Type: Article

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