Table 1

Relationship between treatment for hematological malignancies and testicular toxicity (19)

InterventionIndications
High risk: prolonged azoospermia after treatment
 TBIHSCT
 Testicular radiation dose >2.5 Gy in men, >6 Gy in boysTesticular lymphoma
 Protocols containing procarbazine (MOPP, COPP)HL
 Alkylating chemotherapy for transplantation conditioning (cyclophosphamide, busulfan, melphalan)HSCT
 Cyclophosphamide >7.5 g/m2NHL
 Cranial/brain radiation >40 GyCNS involvement
Intermediate risk: prolonged azoospermia not common at standard dose
 Cumulative cisplatin dose >400 mg/m2Salvage regimen for lymphoma
 Cumulative carboplatin dose >2 g/m2Salvage regimen for lymphoma
Low risk: temporary azoopenia after treatment
 ABVDHL
 CHOPNHL
 Anthracycline + cytarabineAML
 Multiagent therapies for leukemiaALL
 Non-alkylating chemotherapy
Unknown risk
 Tyrosine kinase inhibitorsCML, ALL with t(9;22)(q34.1;q11.2)
InterventionIndications
High risk: prolonged azoospermia after treatment
 TBIHSCT
 Testicular radiation dose >2.5 Gy in men, >6 Gy in boysTesticular lymphoma
 Protocols containing procarbazine (MOPP, COPP)HL
 Alkylating chemotherapy for transplantation conditioning (cyclophosphamide, busulfan, melphalan)HSCT
 Cyclophosphamide >7.5 g/m2NHL
 Cranial/brain radiation >40 GyCNS involvement
Intermediate risk: prolonged azoospermia not common at standard dose
 Cumulative cisplatin dose >400 mg/m2Salvage regimen for lymphoma
 Cumulative carboplatin dose >2 g/m2Salvage regimen for lymphoma
Low risk: temporary azoopenia after treatment
 ABVDHL
 CHOPNHL
 Anthracycline + cytarabineAML
 Multiagent therapies for leukemiaALL
 Non-alkylating chemotherapy
Unknown risk
 Tyrosine kinase inhibitorsCML, ALL with t(9;22)(q34.1;q11.2)

TBI, total body irradiation; HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; MOPP, mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisone; COPP, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisone; HL, Hodgkin lymphoma; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; CNS, central nervous system; ABVD, doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine; CHOP, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; CML, chronic myeloid leukemia.

Table 1

Relationship between treatment for hematological malignancies and testicular toxicity (19)

InterventionIndications
High risk: prolonged azoospermia after treatment
 TBIHSCT
 Testicular radiation dose >2.5 Gy in men, >6 Gy in boysTesticular lymphoma
 Protocols containing procarbazine (MOPP, COPP)HL
 Alkylating chemotherapy for transplantation conditioning (cyclophosphamide, busulfan, melphalan)HSCT
 Cyclophosphamide >7.5 g/m2NHL
 Cranial/brain radiation >40 GyCNS involvement
Intermediate risk: prolonged azoospermia not common at standard dose
 Cumulative cisplatin dose >400 mg/m2Salvage regimen for lymphoma
 Cumulative carboplatin dose >2 g/m2Salvage regimen for lymphoma
Low risk: temporary azoopenia after treatment
 ABVDHL
 CHOPNHL
 Anthracycline + cytarabineAML
 Multiagent therapies for leukemiaALL
 Non-alkylating chemotherapy
Unknown risk
 Tyrosine kinase inhibitorsCML, ALL with t(9;22)(q34.1;q11.2)
InterventionIndications
High risk: prolonged azoospermia after treatment
 TBIHSCT
 Testicular radiation dose >2.5 Gy in men, >6 Gy in boysTesticular lymphoma
 Protocols containing procarbazine (MOPP, COPP)HL
 Alkylating chemotherapy for transplantation conditioning (cyclophosphamide, busulfan, melphalan)HSCT
 Cyclophosphamide >7.5 g/m2NHL
 Cranial/brain radiation >40 GyCNS involvement
Intermediate risk: prolonged azoospermia not common at standard dose
 Cumulative cisplatin dose >400 mg/m2Salvage regimen for lymphoma
 Cumulative carboplatin dose >2 g/m2Salvage regimen for lymphoma
Low risk: temporary azoopenia after treatment
 ABVDHL
 CHOPNHL
 Anthracycline + cytarabineAML
 Multiagent therapies for leukemiaALL
 Non-alkylating chemotherapy
Unknown risk
 Tyrosine kinase inhibitorsCML, ALL with t(9;22)(q34.1;q11.2)

TBI, total body irradiation; HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; MOPP, mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisone; COPP, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisone; HL, Hodgkin lymphoma; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; CNS, central nervous system; ABVD, doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine; CHOP, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; CML, chronic myeloid leukemia.

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