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Optimum abstinence time for cryopreservation of semen in cancer patients.

Although an abstinence period of 48 to 72 hours is the most commonly prescribed interval for diagnostic semen analysis, to our knowledge the association between the abstinence period and sperm quality after cryopreservation has not been identified. Patients with a malignant disease who are consulting for semen banking most often require urgent therapy. Consequently, defining the shortest abstinence period that allows for frequent semen collection within a limited interval and the best post-thaw sperm quality is necessary. We investigated the relationship between abstinence period, and the pre-freeze and post-thaw motility variables in semen specimens obtained from cancer patients for sperm banking. Samples collected from 95 patients were divided according to abstinence period: group 1-15 patients at 24 to less than 48 hours, group 2-53 at 48 to less than 72 hours and group 3-27 at more than 72 hours. Pre-freeze and post-thaw motile sperm count and motion variables (motility, velocity, linearity, amplitude of lateral head movement and motility index), and percentage decrease in sperm variables after cryopreservation were analyzed. Semen volume, the pre-freeze and post-thaw motile sperm count, motion parameters and the percentage decrease in semen variables did not differ significantly among the groups. We conclude that semen collection for cryopreservation after 24 to less than 48 hours of abstinence results in post-thaw quality comparable to that after an abstinence of 48 to less than 72 hours or longer. Thus, an abstinence period of 24 to less than 48 hours can be recommended for sperm banking in cancer patients.

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