Many male survivors of childhood cancer have long been thought to be sterile and, therefore, incapable of conceiving a child. But a new study suggests that conception and fatherhood may be possible for a substantial number of these men, through the use of a surgical procedure to retrieve healthy sperm combined with a form of in vitro fertilization. 

In the retrospective study, researchers from New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center showed that nearly 2 decades after cancer treatment, healthy sperm could be retrieved from the testicles of more than one-third of male cancer survivors who had a condition in which no viable sperm was detectable in their semen. Read more > >

by Dr. James L. Gulley

As the horrifying events and aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami continue to unfold on our television and computer screens, it’s difficult to imagine how any nation could recover from such calamities. But, based on what I personally witnessed, I have great hope for Japan’s future. Read more > >