Fertility After Prostate Cancer Treatment: Sperm, Semen, Treatment Effects and Preservation
Goal • parenthoodSperm • bank firstSurgery • obstructionRadiation • testesRetrieve • ICSI Prostate cancer treatment can impair fertility through different mechanisms even when the testes themselves are not removed. Radical prostatectomy permanently prevents normal semen ejaculation and therefore prevents natural conception, although testicular sperm production may continue. Prostate radiotherapy can expose the testes to scattered […]