Fertility, gonadal and sexual function in survivors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients
To the authors' knowledge, this is the first time reported the study on fertility preservation in patients with NPC. Following the azoospermia/ oligospermia induced by personalized chemotherapy regimen with NPC, spermatogenesis May take 1-2 years to recover. Nasopharyngeal cancer treatment can affect erectile dysfunction. Awareness of this issue will enable oncologists to better inform patients about the possibility of recovering fertility post-treatment and also demonstrates the importance of semen cryobanking before beginning cancer treatment.
Authors
- Lijuan Ying (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6279-2168)
- Yuanyuan Zeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8544-1224)
- Fuping Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5183-4214)
- Xian Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-3991)
- Xue‐Feng Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9632-7224)
- Lei Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1685-7968)
- Xiao Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8718-206X)
- Xiaofang Zhu
- Siyu Long (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2465-0107)
Institutions
- Sichuan University (CN)
- West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cancer
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-14838-x
- Primary Topic
- Testicular diseases and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00