Mikkel Bandak1, Allan Jensen2, Christian Dehlendorff3, Jakob Lauritsen1, Michael Kreiberg1, Thomas Wagner1, Josephine Rosenvilde1, Gedske Daugaard1. 1. Department of Oncology 5073, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2. Department of Virus, Lifestyle and Genes, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark. 3. Department of Statistics and Dataanalysis, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Testicular germ cell cancer (TC) incidence peaks during reproductive age, but knowledge on fertility after treatment is insufficient. The aim was to evaluate paternity after today's TC treatment. METHODS: Clinical data were extracted from the Danish Testicular Cancer database, and patients were divided into 4 groups: 1) surveillance; 2) bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP); 3) BEP + postchemotherapy retroperitoneal surgery (BEP + surgery); and 4) abdominal radiotherapy. For each patient, 10 men matched on date of birth were randomly sampled from the normal population. Paternity was defined as date of birth of first child after TC treatment with or without the use of assisted reproductive technology and was assessed by linkage to the Danish Medical Birth Register and the Danish in vitro fertilization register. RESULTS: We included 4846 unilateral TC patients and 48 456 men from the normal population. The 20-year predicted chance of obtaining fatherhood for a 30-year-old man was 39.7% in TC patients compared with 42.5% in the normal population. The chance of obtaining fatherhood was statistically significantly decreased after BEP (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.87, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.78 to 0.97) and BEP + surgery (HR = 0.74, 95% CI = 0.63 to 0.87), but not after radiotherapy (HR = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.75 to 1.06) or surveillance (HR = 0.95, 95% CI = 0.89 to 1.02). The risk of needing assisted reproductive technology to obtain fatherhood was increased after all treatment modalities. CONCLUSIONS: The chance of obtaining fatherhood after TC treatment was substantially higher than previously reported. Patients followed on a surveillance program had a similar chance of obtaining fatherhood as noncancerous men.
BACKGROUND: Testicular germ cell cancer (TC) incidence peaks during reproductive age, but knowledge on fertility after treatment is insufficient. The aim was to evaluate paternity after today's TC treatment. METHODS: Clinical data were extracted from the Danish Testicular Cancer database, and patients were divided into 4 groups: 1) surveillance; 2) bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP); 3) BEP + postchemotherapy retroperitoneal surgery (BEP + surgery); and 4) abdominal radiotherapy. For each patient, 10 men matched on date of birth were randomly sampled from the normal population. Paternity was defined as date of birth of first child after TC treatment with or without the use of assisted reproductive technology and was assessed by linkage to the Danish Medical Birth Register and the Danish in vitro fertilization register. RESULTS: We included 4846 unilateral TC patients and 48 456 men from the normal population. The 20-year predicted chance of obtaining fatherhood for a 30-year-old man was 39.7% in TC patients compared with 42.5% in the normal population. The chance of obtaining fatherhood was statistically significantly decreased after BEP (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.87, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.78 to 0.97) and BEP + surgery (HR = 0.74, 95% CI = 0.63 to 0.87), but not after radiotherapy (HR = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.75 to 1.06) or surveillance (HR = 0.95, 95% CI = 0.89 to 1.02). The risk of needing assisted reproductive technology to obtain fatherhood was increased after all treatment modalities. CONCLUSIONS: The chance of obtaining fatherhood after TC treatment was substantially higher than previously reported. Patients followed on a surveillance program had a similar chance of obtaining fatherhood as noncancerous men.
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