Sunday, February 12, 2012

Does Testicular Cancer treatment make the patient infertile

Does Testicular Cancer treatment make the patient infertile?

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1 :
It can, but it really depends on the treatments and the severity of the cancer. You can't predict if it will or not so some patients store sperm for use at a later date. The person with testicular cancer should probably get some counselling before undergoing treatment, just to make sure he understands his options. My son had testicular cancer 13 years ago and he and his wife are now expecting their first child.
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It can make you infertile. It depends on what stage that they have caught the cancer. Sometimes if they catch it early enough, it won't make you infertile, but you may have to wait a while though.
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My father had testicular cancer as a young man. He had the affected testicle removed and had radiotherapy. He went on to father 3 children, the first of them born less than 18 months after his diagnosis. He died almost 50 years later of something unrelated to cancer. And treatments have improved since then. You may find this information from Cancer Research UK useful http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=3575



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