Germ cell tumors of the testicle account for 1% of all tumors. Testicular cancer (TC)
is the most common malignancy in men aged 15-35 years. Patients with TC have an excellent
survival rate but often have not yet attempted to father children, and fertility is
one of the main concerns of survivors, therefore it is important to preserve it. The
most commonly used method is sperm banking. Retrospective analysis of the Hungarian
data showed that in case of testicular cancer spermatogenesis is more impaired in
the more advanced disease. No correlation was found among the histological types and
the proportion of azoo- and oligozoospermia. The parameters of testicular cancer and
non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients were worse compared to the normal population. Sperm
cryopreservation prior to initiating life-saving cancer treatment offers men the best
chance to father children and should be offered to all men with testicular cancer
before chemotherapy, since cytostatic therapy may lead to infertility.
