How does having prostate cancer affect a man's ability to have children?
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1 :
The treatment can have a detrimental affect on the sperm. However they do usually ask the man if he would like to store his sperm before treatment.
2 :Prostate cancer usually doesnt effect men before the age of about 50. The majority of men are done having children by that age (unless their name is Clint Eastwood, I guess). So, the point is sort of moot - it's like asking what effect a hysterectomy will have on a post-menopausal woman... she's no longer fertile before the operation, so removing the uterus and ovaries won't have any effect on fertility.
3 :
It's not so much the prostate cancer as the treatments that affects that ability.
4 :
The surgeon can remove a cancerous prostate without removing the vessels that allow young men the ability to father children. Thats wonderful progress in surgery.
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