![]() ![]() For this reason, sperm banking before the testicle is removed is now recommended for patients interested in saving their fertility. This is called fertility preservation. But some males with testicular cancer have poor fertility because the remaining testicle is not working well. As long as a man has one healthy testicle, he continues to make sperm after surgery. This is a common treatment for testicular cancer. The surgical removal of a testicle is called an orchiectomy. These surgeries may affect a man’s fertility. It might also be needed for a tumor that's in or near the nervous system, such as the brain or spinal cord. Surgery might be needed for a tumor that's in or near an organ, such as a testicle, or the penis, bladder, or rectum. You need to be sure to get enough information, support, or resources to help you deal with any doubts, feelings, and expected fertility problems. Read more about talking with your health care team in How Cancer and Cancer Treatment Can Affect Fertility. You might have to start the conversation yourself. Don't assume your doctor or nurse will ask you about fertility concerns. If these concerns aren't talked about before surgery or treatment, it's important that they are brought up as soon as possible after surgery or when treatment starts. It’s very important to talk to your cancer care team to know how a cancer surgery or treatment that's being recommended for you may affect fertility before having the surgery or starting treatment. The type of treatment given (radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, stem cell transplant). ![]() The patient’s age and stage of development for example, before or after puberty, in young adulthood, in older adulthood, etc.The risk of infertility varies, depending on: Different types of surgeries and treatments can have different effects. In many cases, cancer surgery or treatment can be more likely than cancer itself to interfere with some parts of the reproductive process and affect your ability to have children. The process of sperm ejaculation can be disrupted.Testicles may not make healthy sperm or might make fewer or no sperm at all. Hormones that are needed to help with conception can be disrupted. Here are some things that can happen in a man:Ī tumor or other problem might block or press on an organ and cause it to not work properly. Certain health problems, including cancer, can affect these things. In other words, there can be a “body system malfunction” that can change a man's fertility and affect his ability to father a child. Any change in how an organ works or a change in a hormone that's needed for sperm development can block conception. When a baby is conceived naturally, a lot of things must take place for it to happen. When a couple makes (conceives) a baby, this is called conception or reproduction. If you are a gay man or transgender person, please talk to your cancer care team about any needs that are not addressed here. This information is for males with cancer. You can read more about specific adult and childhood cancers in Cancer A to Z and can learn more about how fertility might be affected in How Cancer and Cancer Treatment Can Affect Fertility. Children and teenagers who have cancer are often of special concern. People with certain types of cancer or who are getting treatment for cancer may have fertility problems. Many experts believe stress and anxiety can cause changes that play a part in infertility. Some people never find out why they are having fertility problems. They happen when certain hormone levels are abnormally low or high or if reproduction organs are removed or aren't working properly. Problems with fertility can also be called reproductive problems or alterations. Doctors usually consider a person infertile when they have not been able to conceive a child after 12 or more months of regular sexual activity. For males, infertility means they are not able to father a child through normal sexual activity. When a person cannot have a child, this is called infertility, or being infertile. A person's fertility depends on their reproductive organs working as they should and other factors, such as when and how often they are having sex, certain hormones, and if their partner has any problems with fertility. For males, fertility means they are able to father a child through normal sexual activity. Fertility refers to having the ability to conceive, or being able to have a child. ![]()
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