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In the preclinical setting, mice were injected with diverse chemotherapies and were killed 1 week or 1, 3, or 6 months later. We evaluated spermatogenesis by AMH as well as qualitative and quantitative sperm parameters. Nineteen patients were enrolled, the median age was 38 years (21\u201344 y). Serum AMH was correlated with increased FSH and T and decreased inhibin-B in gonadotoxic protocols (cisplatin or busulfan) and remained unchanged in nongonadotoxic protocols (capecitabine). AMH expression had the same pattern in mice serum and testes; it was negatively correlated with testicular\/epididymal weight and sperm motility. The increase in testicular AMH expression was also correlated with elevated apoptosis (terminal transferase-mediated deoxyuridine 5-triphosphate nick-end labeling) and reduced proliferation (Ki67, proliferating cell nuclear antigen; all seminiferous tubules cells were analyzed). Severely damaged mice testes demonstrated a marked costaining of AMH and GATA-4, a Sertoli cell marker; staining that resembled the pattern of the Sertoli cell-only condition. Our study indicates that the pattern of serum AMH expression, in combination with other hormones, can delineate testicular damage, as determined in both experimental settings. 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