Pediatric oncologists appear strongly motivated to preserve fertility in male adolescent cancer patients, although there remains a disconnect between their attitudes and practices with respect to referring patients for available services, according to results of the Survey for Preservation of Adolescent REproduction (SPARE) study.

Results of a study based on data from approximately 43,400 men show risks of developing melanoma and prostate cancer are increased among those with a diagnosis of male factor infertility, reported researchers from the University of California, San Francisco.

Increasingly, genetics is changing the way urologists diagnose and treat problems related to male infertility. As lab findings become clinical realities, andrologists and general urologists alike are finding their daily practices changed by advances in our understanding of the human genome.

Mounting evidence suggests that the appearance of sperm has little to do with its function.

Two groups have taken innovative steps to match technology with important clinical problems: the microscope with NOA and the Whitaker test with EDO.

Routine semen analysis does not absolutely predict the quality of sperm chromatin, which may help to explain why it often fails to predict reproductive outcomes in infertile couples.

Higher intakes of soy foods and soy isoflavones were associated with reduced sperm concentrations in a Harvard study.

A novel modification of the Whitaker test using ejaculatory duct manometry shows promise for the diagnosis of ejaculatory duct obstruction.

Data from studies on post-vasectomy clearance suggest that a single azoospermic sample submitted 16 weeks following vasectomy is sufficient to establish the success of the procedure and future sterility.