Achieving pregnancy against the odds: successful implantation of frozen-thawed embryos generated by ICSI using spermatozoa banked prior to chemo/radiotherapy for Hodgkin's disease and acute leukaemia.
Horne, G Atkinson, A D Brison, Daniel R Radford, John A Yin, J A Edi-Osagie, E C Pease, E H E Lieberman, B A
Horne, G
Atkinson, A D
Brison, Daniel R
Radford, John A
Yin, J A
Edi-Osagie, E C
Pease, E H E
Lieberman, B A
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Abstract
Two cases are reported of successful pregnancies following long-term semen banking prior to chemotherapy and radiotherapy for malignancy. With the first case, the patient banked semen at the age of 20 years prior to chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease; 11 years later the thawed semen was used for IVF with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), resulting in twins being born following the transfer of frozen-thawed embryos. In the second case, the patient banked semen at the age of 17 years prior to chemotherapy and radiotherapy for acute myeloid leukaemia; 8 years later it was used for ICSI, resulting in triplets being born following the transfer of frozen-thawed embryos. These cases support long-term semen banking for men whose future fertility may be compromised by suppression of spermatogenesis secondary to administration of chemo/radiotherapy treatment. The advent of successful ICSI combined with embryo cryopreservation has increased the chance of thawed cryopreserved semen achieving fertilization. Banking of a single ejaculate prior to commencement of chemotherapy/radiotherapy treatment may preserve potential fertility without compromising the oncology treatment.
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Date
2001-01
Publisher
Collections
Keywords
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Type
Article
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Achieving pregnancy against the odds: successful implantation of frozen-thawed embryos generated by ICSI using spermatozoa banked prior to chemo/radiotherapy for Hodgkin's disease and acute leukaemia. 2001, 16 (1):107-109 Hum. Reprod.