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Is cryopreservation of sperm effective for preserving fertility in adolescents and young adults with cancer?

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boxed-textNeal MS et al. (2007) Effectiveness of sperm banking in adolescents and young adults with cancer. Cancer 110: 1125–1129

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  1. JM Bresee is a Resident at the Sol and Margaret Berger Department of Urology, and HM Nagler is Chairman of the Sol and Margaret Berger Department of Urology and Chief of Graduate Medical Education and Academic Affairs at the Beth Israel Medical Center, Beth Israel Medical Center, and Professor of Urology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshvida University, New York, NY, USA.,

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