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A member asked:
Is it possible to have baby now with his sperm?this patient had diagnose leukemia on sept2012 and finished chemo on march2013
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Possibly.: Chemotherapy does reduce sperm counts so conception might take longer, and some chemo drugs have higher chance of causing infertility, but post-chemo fatherhood is not impossible.
Answered 9/8/2013
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