Table 1.
Classification of underlying diseases and comparison of semen findings between untreated and treated groups
| Case | Treated (n = 33) | Untreated (n = 97) | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exclude | Preserve | Exclude | Preserve | ||
| Testicular tumor | 0 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 53 |
| Leukemia | 3 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 43 |
| Malignant lymphoma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| Aplastic anemia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Prostate cancer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Bladder tumor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Pharyngeal cancer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Liposarcoma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma, retroperitoneal tumor, multiple myeloma, thymic tumor, intrapelvic tumor, small intestinal cancer, lingual cancer, colon cancer, rectum cancer, brain tumor | 0 | 0 | 0 | Each 1 (10) | 10 |
| 6 | 27 | 6 | 91 | 130 | |
| Sperm concentration (×106/mL) | 96 ± 133 | 87 ± 71 | 90 ± 90 | ||
| Motility (%) | 29.3 ± 24.4 | 40.7 ± 23.4 | 38.0 ± 24.0 | ||
| Normal morphology (%) | 6.5 ± 6.5 | 9.5 ± 8.9 | 8.8 ± 8.5 | ||