If it had, Brian would have received chemotherapy. The other type, called non-seminoma, is curable with removal of the tumor and chemotherapy. That is why all men should do self-exams. Now, he is cancer-free. After treatment, a small number may become infertile either from the cancer or the treatment.
Doctors recommend men bank sperm before surgery if they want to father children.
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