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Table 2 Patients’ age and semen parameters of testicular tumor, leukemia and lymphoma

From: Male cancer patient sperm cryopreservation for fertility preservation: 10-year monocentric experience

 

Testicular tumors(n = 68)

Leukemia(n = 18)

Lymphoma(n = 65)

p-Valuec

abstinence time(days) a

4.4 ± 1.8(n = 50,74 %f)

4.7 ± 2.0(n = 12,67 %f)

4.1 ± 1.2(n = 55,85 %f)

0.7188d

age at banking (years)

27 ± 7.5

24.7 ± 7.2

25.1 ± 5.5

0.0115 d

volume at banking (mL) a

3.8 ± 7.8

2.8 ± 1.3

3.4 ± 1.3

0.0388d

pre-count (106/mL) b

30 (0.9–159)

18.5 (0.7–134)

48 (1.5–222)

0.0020e

pre-total sperm number (106) b

81(3-726)

52(1-1701)

172(2-1304)

0.0130e

pre-progressive motility (%) b

48.5 (3.1–83)

41.5 (6.69-48)

50 (1.04-73)

0.1595e

post-count (106/mL) b

16.4 (0.6–89)

10.9 (0.5–92)

32 (1-120)

0.1436e

post-progressive motility (%) b

28 (2.6–61)

18.5 (2–37)

30 (5–60)

0.0563e

Recovery rates (%) b

59.5 (6.8–89.6)

53.7 (9.1–77)

60.8 (25–89)

0.5558e

  1. a: mean ± standard deviation
  2. b: median (range)
  3. c: p < 0.05 significant
  4. d: One-way analysis of variance among groups
  5. e: Kruskal-Wallis tests was used among groups
  6. f: the percent of abstinence time of the patients between 2 and 7 days as compared to all patients in each group
  7. pre-count, pre-total sperm number and pre-progressive motility: count of spermatozoa (million/ml), total sperm number (million/ejaculate) and percentage of spermatozoa with progressive motility before banking post-count, and post-progressive motility: count of spermatozoa (million/ml) and percentage of spermatozoa with progressive motility after thawing recovery rate (%): the percentage recovery of progressively motile spermatozoa after thawing as compared to fresh spermatozoa before banking