Re: male infertility

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I'm not sure how urologists classify varicoceles, but I was also told - prior to my marriage - that my own varicocele may affect my fertility (perhaps a 30% reduction if I recall his prediction). If you ask my wife, however - 18 years and six children later - she would disagree :-) It may, however, filter out most of the X sperm, seeing as how five of them are boys :-)

Mike

RE: male infertility

Greetings,

I’m wondering what kind of practices and research there might be to maximize male infertility. A 29 year old male client was diagnosed with a class 4 varicocele and advised by his urologist that basically he has a nil chance of conceiving. I’m very interested in your insights. Rose Fuller

Rose Fuller

Executive Director

Northwest Family Services

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From: nfpprofessionals [mailto:nfpprofessionals ] On Behalf Of LILI COTESent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 8:18 AMTo: nfpprofessionals Subject: Vasectomy and risk of prostate cancer

Good morning everyone,

This is a question regarding vasectomy and risk of prostate cancer

Some studies done in the 90¢s demonstrated that men who undergo a vasectomy had a higher incidence of developing prostate cancer.1,2,3,4 Resent studies concluded that vasectomy does not increase the risk of prostate cancer, even after 25 years of more after the surgery5. Are there recent studies about the subject?

Lili Cote de Bejarano

1. Rosenberg L, et al. Vasectomy and the risk of prostate cancer. Am J Epidemiol. 1990; 132(6):1051-1055.

2. Giovannucci E, et al. A prospective cohort study of vasectomy and prostate cancer in US men. JAMA. 1993 Feb; 269(7):873-877.

3. Giovannucci E, et al. A retrospective cohort study of vasectomy and prostate cancer in US men. JAMA. 1993 Feb; 269:878-882.

4. RB, et al. Vasectomy and prostate cancer in US Blacks and Whites. Am J Epidemiol. 1993; 137:263-269

5. B, et al Vasectomy and risk of prostate cancer. JAMA 2002 Jun;287 (23) 3110 -3115