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Eugeni E, Arato I, Del Sordo R, Sidoni A, Garolla A, Ferlin A, Calafiore R, Brancorsini S, Mancuso F, Luca G. Fertility Preservation and Restoration Options for Pre-Pubertal Male Cancer Patients: Current Approaches. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:877537. [PMID: 35784573 PMCID: PMC9244702 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.877537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Fertility preservation for prepubertal male patients undergoing gonadotoxic therapies, potentially depleting spermatogonial cells, is an expanding necessity, yet most of the feasible options are still in the experimental phase. We present our experience and a summary of current and novel possibilities regarding the different strategies to protect or restore fertility in young male patients, before proceeding with chemotherapy or radiotherapy for malignances or other diseases. Adult oncological patients should always be counselled to cryopreserve the semen before starting treatment, however this approach is not suitable for prepubertal boys, who aren't capable to produce sperm yet. Fortunately, since the survival rate of pediatric cancer patients has skyrocketed in the last decade and it's over 84%, safeguarding their future fertility is becoming a major concern for reproductive medicine. Surgical and medical approaches to personalize treatment or protect the gonads could be a valid first step to take. Testicular tissue autologous grafting or xenografting, and spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) transplantation, are the main experimental options available, but spermatogenesis in vitro is becoming an intriguing alternative. All of these methods feature both strong and weak prospects. There is also relevant controversy regarding the type of testicular material to preserve and the cryopreservation methods. Since transplanted cells are bound to survive based on SSCs number, many ways to enrich their population in cultures have been proposed, as well as different sites of injection inside the testis. Testicular tissue graft has been experimented on mice, rabbits, rhesus macaques and porcine, allowing the birth of live offspring after performing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), however it has never been performed on human males yet. In vitro spermatogenesis remains a mirage, although many steps in the right direction have been performed. The manufacturing of 3D scaffolds and artificial spermatogenetic niche, providing support to stem cells in cultures, seems like the best way to further advance in this field.
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- Elena Eugeni
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Division of Medical Andrology and Endocrinology of Reproduction, University of Terni, Terni, Italy
- *Correspondence: Elena Eugeni,
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Division of Anatomic Pathology and Histology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Division of Anatomic Pathology and Histology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Unit of Andrology and Reproductive Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Unit of Andrology and Reproductive Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Section of Pathology (Terni), Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, Division of Medical Andrology and Endocrinology of Reproduction, University of Terni, Terni, Italy
- International Biotechnological Center for Endocrine, Metabolic and Embryo-Reproductive Translational Research (CIRTEMER), Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Rogers TN, Seitz G, Fuchs J, Martelli H, Dasgupta R, Routh JC, Hawkins DS, Koscielniak E, Bisogno G, Rodeberg DA. Surgical management of paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma: A consensus opinion from the Children's Oncology Group, European paediatric Soft tissue sarcoma Study Group, and the Cooperative Weichteilsarkom Studiengruppe. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2021; 68:e28938. [PMID: 33522706 PMCID: PMC9019908 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
The treatment of paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma (PT-RMS) has varied over time and by cooperative group. The International Soft Tissue Sarcoma Database Consortium (INSTRuCT) is a collaboration of the Children's Oncology Group (COG) Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee, European pediatric Soft tissue sarcoma Study Group (EpSSG), and the Cooperative Weichteilsarkom Studiengruppe (CWS). The INSTRuCT surgical committee has been given charge of the development of internationally applicable consensus guidelines for the surgical treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma. This clinical consensus opinion document addresses accepted principles and areas of controversy, such as scrotal violation and retroperitoneal nodal evaluation, providing an evidence-based guideline for the surgical treatment for PT-RMS.
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- Timothy N. Rogers
- Department of Paediatric Surgery, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Giessen-Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, University Children’s Hospital, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 1, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of paediatric surgery, Bicêtre Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
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- Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH USA
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- Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Klinikum Stuttgart, Zentrum für Kinder-, Jugend-und Frauenmedizin, Olgahospital, Pediatrics 5 (Pediatric Oncology Hematology and Immunology), Kriegsbergstrasse 62, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Hematology and Oncology Division, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy
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- Division Pediatric Surgery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, US
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