Fertility preservation in adolescent males with cancer in the United Kingdom: a survey of practice

The forthcoming detailed audit of these activities by the United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group and recommendations produced by the British Fertility Society will hopefully clarify some of these issues. 5 However, this study suggests that statutory requirements are not being met by all centres: 1 counselling should be available to all and consent is required from all individuals, and not proxies, whenever mature gametes are stored. [...]those under 16 years of age in Scotland and 18 years in England and Wales must be Gillick competent to undergo this procedure, a condition not being met by 25% of ACUs for semen donation from adolescents.