Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
The purpose of this study is to find out how cancer treatments (chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy) affect reproductive and sexual health in people with early onset colorectal cancer. The study researchers will observe and track changes in hormone levels and in sexual and reproductive health in people with early onset colorectal cancer. This information will help researchers know more about how cancer treatments affect reproductive and sexual health, including the ability to have children (fertility).
Inclusion Criteria: * 18-40 years of age and premenopausal (female) or 18-50 years of age (male) at time of diagnosis * Histologic diagnosis of colorectal adenocarcinoma * Able and willing to participate in the informed consent process * Eligible for curative adjuvant or neoadjuvant therapy for colon or rectal cancer * Willing and able to complete protocol questionnaires * Rectal patients only: Individuals who will be receiving chemotherapy, followed by chemoradiotherapy (ChemoRT) Exclusion Criteria: * Prior systemic treatment for this malignancy * Active or prior secondary malignancy * His…
For female patients, hormone biomarker analysis will be performed to measure: anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH), estradiol and FSH in the blood. In male patients, hormone biomarkers of testicular function and spermatogenesis will be monitored: testosterone, inhibin B, steroid hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and FSH. Sperm analysis will also be performed in male patients to monitor changes in sperm count.
All participants will respond to protocol questionnaires, which will include both validated questionnaires as well as non-validated ones. This design will allow for basic demographic, psychosocial and sexual-health-related data to be obtained.