/channels/taxonomy/term/8255/all en /channels/channels/news/male-fertility-after-chemotherapy-new-questions-raised-311169 <p>A pilot study conducted by INRS and 平特五不中 researchers highlights the effect of chemotherapy on male fertility before and after puberty.</p> <p>"It is often thought that cancer treatments for prepubescent boys will have no effect on their fertility because their testicles would be "dormant". But in fact, the prepubertal testis are not immune to chemotherapy that affects dividing cells and it is now well recognized that there can be long-term effects," explains G茅raldine Delb猫s, a professor at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Laval.</p> Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:31:05 +0000 webfull 157564 at /channels /channels/news/men-have-lot-learn-about-their-own-fertility-264299 <p>The first large-scale study of its kind has revealed that Canadian men generally lack knowledge about the risk factors contributing to male infertility. Research led by Dr. Phyllis Zelkowitz, head of psychosocial research at the Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital, found that men could only identify about 50% of the potential risks and medical conditions that are detrimental to their sperm count and, thus, their prospects to father children.</p> Tue, 22 Nov 2016 17:09:03 +0000 webfull 123171 at /channels