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What should a cancer patient who is having an orchiectomy do if he plans to have children?
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Patients who are having an orchiectomy as treatment for testicular cancer should consider banking sperm if they plan to have children following surgery.
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How risky is it for a cancer patient to have an orchiectomy?
Orchiectomy by itself has a very low rate of morbidity and mortality. Patients who are having an orchiectomy as part of cancer therapy have a higher risk of dying from the cancer than from testicular surgery.
What are the risks to a patient having an orchiectomy for gender reassignment?
The morbidity and mortality rates for persons having an orchiectomy as part of gender reassignment surgery are about the same as those for any procedure involving general or epidural anesthesia.
What risk does an orchiectomy patient have when an epidural is used?
If the patient is having epidural anesthesia, the risks include bleeding into the spinal canal, nerve damage, or a spinal headache.
Position for patient having right pneumonectomy for lung cancer?
Left side
Can cancers cells prevent you from having children?
Yes, cancer cells can prevent a person from having children. If there are cancer cells present in reproductive organs, a doctor will want to get the cancer taken care of before you become pregnant.
Does not having children increase your chance of breast cancer?
Yes you can. The risk of getting it when it's hereditary is higher of course. But there doesn't have to be a family history to get breast cancer.
Why is morphine contraindicated for a patient having surgery for pancreatic cancer?
cause spasm of the pancreatic ducts
Can cancer people eat frog to kill cancer?
The venom from a frog is a lethal combat weapon against cancer cells and heart disease (Chris Shaw, 2001) This can also be used as a drug. It can be eaten to protect a cancer patient's bone marrow when they're having chemotherapy.
Who is at a higher risk for breast cancer?
Older women have a higher risk of having breast cancer. Also, women who haven't had any children or have their first child after 30 are more likely to have breast cancer.
What is stage one of cancer?
CAn cerivcal cancer stop me from having kids in the futher? CAn cerivcal cancer stop me from having kids in the futher? CAn cerivcal cancer stop me from having kids in the futher?
What risk factors for uterine cancer are there?
Other risk factors for uterine cancer include: endometrial hyperplasia, sexual inactivity, undergoing menopause after age 59 years, and never having had children.
What are the implications of not having an interpreter?
By not having or using an interpreter you can end up having miscommunication between you and the patient causing the patient harm.
