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ReviewThe world journal of men's health2023

Long-Term Fertility Function Sequelae in Young Male Cancer Survivors.

Yasushi Yumura, Teppei Takeshima, Mitsuru Komeya, Jurii Karibe, Shinnosuke Kuroda, Tomoki Saito

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Review in The world journal of men's health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yasushi YumuraReproduction Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. yumura@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0909-478X
Teppei TakeshimaReproduction Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2733-5487
Mitsuru KomeyaReproduction Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0744-7492
Jurii KaribeReproduction Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Shinnosuke KurodaReproduction Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8890-0297
Tomoki SaitoReproduction Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Yokohama City University Medical Center · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 21EA2004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With advances in cancer treatment, such as cytotoxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy, grave new sequelae of treatment have emerged for young cancer survivors. One sequela that cannot be overlooked is male infertility, with reportedly 15% to 30% of cancer survivors losing their fertility potential. Cytotoxic therapy influences spermatogenesis at least temporarily, and in some cases, permanently. The degree of spermatogenesis impairment depends on the combination of drugs used, their cumulative dose, and the level of radiation. The American Society of Clinical Oncology has created an index to classify the risks to fertility based on treatment. Medical professionals currently use this risk classification in fertility preservation (FP) programs. FP programs are currently being promoted to prevent spermatogenesis failure resulting from cancer treatment. For patients who are able to ejaculate and whose semen contains sperm, the semen (sperm) is cryopreserved. Moreover, for patients who lack the ability to ejaculate, those with azoospermia or severe oligozoospermia, and those who have not attained puberty (

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CancerChemotherapyFertility preservationMale infertilityRadiotherapySperm cryopreservation

Identifiers

PMID36593712
PMCPMC10042651
OpenAlexW4313437636

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