Reproductive Aspects of Testicular Germ Cell Cancer: General Discussion

Fertilité masculine après chimiothérapie: à propos d’une série de 26 patients traités pour cancer du testicule stade 1

“…Les facteurs endocriniens jouent un r61e important : les cellules de Leydig stimul6es par I'HCG s6cr6tent plus d'cestrog6nes ce qui entraine une diminution de la s6cr6tion de FSH et par cons6quent une alt6ration de la spermatogen6se [14].…”

Testicular function among testicular cancer survivors treated with cisplatin‐based chemotherapy

“…LH and TST levels, which were measured to determine the function of the Leydig cells, were higher after chemotherapy in the non-normalized group than in the normalized group, but these differences were not significant. Although endocrine functions are affected in a dosedependent manner, Leydig cells are more resistant to chemotherapy than Sertoli cells [17,18].…”