Cancer · 1996
Irreversible gonadal damage in male survivors of pediatric Hodgkin's disease.
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Heikens J, Behrendt H, Adriaanse R, Berghout A
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BACKGROUND: Gonadal damage in adult patients after chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease is well documented, but data of patients treated before adulthood are scarce.
METHODS: Gonadal and hormonal function were studied in 19 male long term survivors of Hodgkin's disease who were treated with mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone (MOPP chemotherapy) before (n = 15) or during puberty (n = 4). The studies were performed a median of 10 years after treatment and repeated in the majority of the patients at the time of yearly visits.
RESULTS: Germ cell damage was present in all patients. Semen analysis revealed azoospermia in 12 patients and oligospermia in 6; no recovery of spermatogenesis was seen at follow-up. Testicular size was small in all but one patient. Follicle-stimulating hormone levels were elevated (mean, 14.4 +/- 7.8 U/l) and increased over time (mean, 21.1 +/- 10.5 U/l, P < 0.001). In seven patients, luteinizing hormone (LH) was elevated, indicating Leydig cell dysfunction; also in four of those patients, plasma testosterone was decreased. In three other patients, the response of LH to gonadotropin-releasing hormone was exaggerated with a normal basal LH and testosterone. Comparing testicular function of prepubescent versus pubescent state at time of treatment appears to show a trend for improved outcome in the younger patients.
CONCLUSIONS: Gonadal function of long term survivors of pediatric Hodgkin's disease treated with MOPP chemotherapy is severely impaired permanently.
METHODS: Gonadal and hormonal function were studied in 19 male long term survivors of Hodgkin's disease who were treated with mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone (MOPP chemotherapy) before (n = 15) or during puberty (n = 4). The studies were performed a median of 10 years after treatment and repeated in the majority of the patients at the time of yearly visits.
RESULTS: Germ cell damage was present in all patients. Semen analysis revealed azoospermia in 12 patients and oligospermia in 6; no recovery of spermatogenesis was seen at follow-up. Testicular size was small in all but one patient. Follicle-stimulating hormone levels were elevated (mean, 14.4 +/- 7.8 U/l) and increased over time (mean, 21.1 +/- 10.5 U/l, P < 0.001). In seven patients, luteinizing hormone (LH) was elevated, indicating Leydig cell dysfunction; also in four of those patients, plasma testosterone was decreased. In three other patients, the response of LH to gonadotropin-releasing hormone was exaggerated with a normal basal LH and testosterone. Comparing testicular function of prepubescent versus pubescent state at time of treatment appears to show a trend for improved outcome in the younger patients.
CONCLUSIONS: Gonadal function of long term survivors of pediatric Hodgkin's disease treated with MOPP chemotherapy is severely impaired permanently.