title: Sperm banking is of key importance in patients with prostate cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the need for sperm banking among patients with prostate cancer (PCa) who are candidates for radical prostatectomy (RP).
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Urologic department.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cohort of 510 Caucasian-European candidates for RP.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 10-item self-administered questionnaire to assess opinions on sperm banking before RP, to which descriptive statistics and logistic regression models were applied.
  
  
  METHODS
  PCa patients' wishes for preoperative sperm banking.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data collection was completed for 495 patients (97.1%). Ninety-nine (20%) expressed a wish for preoperative sperm banking. Men who wanted to bank sperm were younger (mean 62.2 vs. 65.1 years), were more frequently childless (21.2% vs. 8.8%), and more frequently had a more intense desire for fatherhood (64.7% vs. 9.3%) than the patients not interested in banking sperm. Willingness to bank sperm was not affected by the patient's educational or relationship status. Moreover, the interest for sperm banking was maintained regardless of cost issues. Overall, 84% of the patients considered it necessary to have a dedicated service of preoperative sperm cryopreservation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  One out of five PCa patients would bank sperm before RP. Most patients considered it necessary to establish a dedicated service for preoperative sperm cryopreservation, regardless of their own motivation to bank sperm.
authors: Department of Urology, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy. salonia.andrea@hsr.it
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Salonia
authors: Paolo
authors: P
authors: Capogrosso
authors: Fabio
authors: F
authors: Castiglione
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Russo
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Gallina
authors: Matteo
authors: M
authors: Ferrari
authors: Maria Chiara
authors: MC
authors: Clementi
authors: Giulia
authors: G
authors: Castagna
authors: Alberto
authors: A
authors: Briganti
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Cantiello
authors: Rocco
authors: R
authors: Damiano
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Montorsi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D059247:Fertility Preservation / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D012662:Semen Preservation / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013074:Sperm Banks; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Fertility; infertility; prostate cancer; radical prostatectomy; sperm banking