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Infertility and testis cancer.

Lambert SM, Fisch H

Male Reproductive Center, Department of Urology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York Presbyterian Hospital, 944 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10028, USA.

Testicular cancer is the most common solid organ tumor in young men and affects men during their reproductive years. Current therapeutic regimens have significantly improved survival but often adversely impact fertility. Understanding the effects of testicular cancer, the systemic effects of neoplasia, and the effects of treatment protocols, such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection, is essential to restoring and maintaining fertility in men who have germ cell neoplasms.

Published 8 May 2007 in Urol Clin North Am, 34(2): 269-77; abstract xi.
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