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Deoxyribonucleic acid-damaged sperm in cryopreserved-thawed specimens from cancer patients and healthy men.

Authors :
Edelstein A
Yavetz H
Kleiman SE
Botchan A
Hauser R
Paz G
Yogev L
Source :
Fertility and sterility [Fertil Steril] 2008 Jul; Vol. 90 (1), pp. 205-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2007 Jul 20.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

A similarity was found between the percentage of thawed, DNA-damaged spermatozoa in cancer patients and that in candidates to become sperm bank donors who had low sperm cryofreezability. Both groups were significantly different from the sperm bank donor group. It is suggested that the higher rate of DNA fragmentation in sperm from cancer patients compared with sperm bank donors is apparently a result of selecting donors by the level of sperm cryofreezability (i.e., high), rather than a direct effect of an existing malignancy.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1556-5653
Volume :
90
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Fertility and sterility
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
17658528
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.060