Men who experience infertility problems may be at greater risk for developing testicular cancer. Testicular cancer is the most common malignancy among young American men and it seems infertile men have three times greater risk than men in the overall population, of developing the cancer.
Dr. Thomas Walsh and his Colleagues at the University of California reported in the February 23 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine on their recent study, the largest in the U.S. to consider the link between testicular cancer and infertility. The study evaluated medical data gathered during evaluation at infertility treatment centers for over 22,000 California men from 1967 to 1998. The men’s medical data established their infertility and according to the researchers, determined the infertile men “were 2.8 times more likely to develop testicular cancer relative to the general population.” Within a year of their search for infertility treatment thirty-four of the men had developed testicular cancer. From 1975 to 2002 cases of testicular cancer almost doubled. The authors said sperm quality and fertility declined during that time.
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