Cancer and Fertility in Women and Men

The diagnosis of cancer can be devastating, but it's important to know that most men and women can be successfully treated for cancer, live a long life and have children. However, some cancer treatments can have an effect on future fertility. Finding out early about your options and preserving your fertility is crucial when planning cancer therapy.

• Are some cancer treatments less harmful to fertility?: Radiation is most harmful to fertility if it is directed towards the reproductive organs, but if it's outside that area then it does not have to affect fertility at all. I
• Cancer and fertility in men: When men are diagnosed with cancer at a young age, the thought of fertility soon comes to mind. Cancer not only affects the health and look of the outer body, but also the processes occurring inside the body
• Cancer and fertility in women: Cancer can be a heart breaking thought for the woman who has yet to start a family. With the help of the cancer treatment team and adv
• Do cancer treatments affect the fetus?: After the first trimester, chemotherapy or surgery are often the best options for pregnant women. T
• Do cancer treatments cause infertility?: Whether cancer treatments cause infertility depends mostly on whether and where radiation is being directed. Chemotherapy, on the other hand rarely affects fertility long-term.
• Does pregnancy affect cancer progression?: Pregnancy more often than not does not affect cancer progression and it's usually not necessary to stop the pregnancy.
• Regaining fertility after cancer treatment: Not all cancer treatments cause irreversible infertility. The only time a patient will be permanently affected by the treatment is if the eggs are all destroyed (in women) or the stem cells are destroyed (in men).
• Talking about infertility with the cancer team: When facing cancer treatment, the patient needs to being up their concerns about fertility and having children later in life early in the treatment plan. The fact that the patient wants to have children later can affect the treatment choices.