Patient factors associated with sperm cryopreservation among at-risk adolescents newly diagnosed with cancer

BACKGROUND Although survivors of adolescent‐onset cancers are at risk of infertility, the majority desire children. Fertility preservation options are available for adolescents, but sperm banking remains underused. To the authors' knowledge, patient factors that influence decisions to bank sperm are poorly understood. METHODS A cross‐sectional study of 146 adolescent males who were newly diagnosed with cancer and who completed surveys within 1...