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Consultant urologist Dr George Lee Eng Geap, or a.k.a Dr G, tells a reader what he can do as he is facing fertility issues after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3syz3z6f  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00In the month of September, when we call it the Blue September, dealing with different issues

00:06related to prostate cancer. And we are focusing on sexual health relation with prostate cancer.

00:13And today, we're talking about reproductive health, whether prostate cancer can cause infertility.

00:19What is prostate cancer per se itself is hardly known to cause infertility because the testicle

00:31will continue to produce testicular hormone, which is testosterone, and also sperms. And that sperms

00:37sometimes can be delivered to the prostate itself. However, in the presence of prostate cancer,

00:43it occasionally may result in obstruction or retrograde ejaculation. Under such circumstances,

00:51men may feel like they are not ejaculating because they get dry climax. However, they continue to be

00:59fertile. However, the treatment of prostate cancer definitely will put a little bit of dampening

01:05impact on the fertility. Number one, radical prostatectomy. Radical prostatectomy is the

01:12removal of the whole prostate itself. And when that's removed, this prostate, which is functional

01:18for secretion of seminal fluid, is no longer functional. So men who undergo radical prostatectomy

01:25can no longer ejaculate. Under such circumstance, men will become infertile naturally.

01:32The second possibility of men become affected by prostate cancer treatment is radiotherapy.

01:39So radiotherapy such as external beam radiation or brachytherapy itself can cause scarring of the

01:46prostate and result in infertility as well. And lastly, men who undergo treatment with hormone

01:53suppression will also reduce the production of the sperms and also testosterone. So under such

02:01circumstance, if men continue to want to father a child, is there a possibility? Of course there is.

02:07That is called artificial reproductive technology. Under such circumstance, we will retrieve the

02:15sperms directly from the testicle and create IVF or in vitro fertilization test tube babies.

02:23And under such circumstance, science will actually lend a helping hand for men who are affected by

02:30the prostate cancer inducing infertility. Does testosterone cause prostate cancer?

02:36Can suppression of testosterone cause the actual reduction in the risk of prostate cancer?

02:44If you are interested or you think that your testosterone might be actually putting you at risk of prostate cancer,

02:50then you need to stay tuned for next week's Putting Dr. G on the Spot.

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