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Fertility Assessment in the Male

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Cancer and Fertility

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As survival from cancer becomes increasingly common, practitioners have begun focusing more intently on improving quality of life after treatment. Cancer treatments as well as the cancers themselves have been shown to have a deleterious effect on fertility. The evaluation of the infertile male is important among those practitioners who may be trying to preserve fertility prior to treatment or improve fertility after treatment.

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