Semen Cryopreservation in Male with Cancer

Are you counseling a male who has just been diagnosed with cancer about semen cryopreservation?

Age of the patient

Is the patient a young single male without offspring?

Has the patient already had all the children that he wants?

Does the patient think he may want additional children?

Does the patient's wife want additional children?

Does the patient object to semen cryopres-ervation and in vitro fertilization?

Is the patient unable or unwilling to bear the expense of sperm banking?

Is the patient overwhelmed by the cancer diagnosis?

Is the patient unwilling to delay cancer treatment for sperm donation?

Is the patient too embarassed to go to a sperm bank?

Has the patient submitted a sample for semen analysis?

Is the semen of low quality (low count, poor motility, etc.)?