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Individuals achieving adulthood in the cohort were followed-up regarding their reproductive outcomes by linking to the Swedish Multi-generation Register, to identify fatherhood through natural conception or adoption, and to the Swedish National Quality Registry for Assisted Reproduction to identify parenthood through medical assistance, including the use of own sperm either cryopreserved or fresh, or donor sperm.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of the 1,378 patients referred during the study period, 1,357 were eligible for fatherhood analysis (aged &amp;gt;20 years at the end of follow-up, December 31, 2021). In total, 493 men became fathers following cancer treatment: 399 (81%) did so naturally, 87 (18%) via assisted reproductive techniques (including two using donor sperm), and 7 (1%) through adoption. Of the 92 patients who used their cryopreserved sperm for assisted reproductive techniques, 34 (37%) successfully fathered a child. The patients may have had children prior to cryopreservation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>A large proportion of AYA cancer survivors achieved fatherhood through natural conception in this cohort, whereas less than 1 in 5 survivors needed medical assistance to conceive. Although a low utilization rate of cryopreserved sperm was found in this cohort, its use was highly effective in the group that developed infertility. At present there are no standardized predictors of testicular toxicity after cancer treatment, and inter-individual variability is high. 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