Men’s Health for Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Patients

Men who have undergone hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) will typically follow up with their oncologist/hematologist for many years, often times without evaluation by other medical providers for their nontransplant-related health care needs. As such, it is important to have a basic understanding of health issues that affect men post-HCT and in particular, the impact of chemotherapy and transplantation on erectile dysfunction, infertility, hypogonadism, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and male-organ-specific neoplasms of prostate and testicular cancer. This chapter addresses appropriate evaluation and management of these issues at the level of primary care and the potential diagnoses and treatments that may require referral to a urologist.