Sperm Cryopreservation Outcomes in Transgender Adolescents Compared with Adolescents Receiving Gonadotoxic Therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The target population for fertility preservation recently has been expanded from adolescents with cancer undergoing gonadotoxic chemotherapy to include transgender youth before initiating gender-affirming hormone therapy. Patients and providers may have knowledge deficits regarding options for fertility preservation, accessibility, and feasibility of its techniques, and impact of treatment on future fertility. This study describes outcomes of sperm cryopreservation in transgender male-to-female (affirmed female) youth and compares semen parameters with adolescents diagnosed with cancer.

Methods

Medical records of transgender-affirmed female adolescents and adolescent males diagnosed with cancer who underwent sperm cryopreservation at the Fertility and Advanced Reprod

SUBMITTER: Dilday EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9829158 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature