hyderabad when karthik name changed and his wife welcomed their newborn last week they thanked a decision they took eight years agoin 2012 when as a 23yearold karthik was diagnosed with cancer future seemed uncertain for the couple assessing the side effects cancer treatment could have the couple on the advice of doctors at a fertility centre in the city took a prudent decision of preserving the sperm in a sperm bank prior to him undergoing the cancer treatment karthik was diagnosed with mediastinal tumour which sprouts in the chest area separating the lungs a year ago after he recovered fully the couple decided to bring back cheer in their lives by having a child however though he had completely recovered from the disease a year ago he lost the ability to father a child due to the chemo and radiotherapy dosage he was administered the couple then opted for infertility treatment and approached the fertility centre to retrieve the frozen semen and undergo infertility care the hospital used advanced technologies like macs to perform icsi transferred the embryo sometime in december 2019 and paved the way for the couple to fulfil their longcherished parenthood dream the mother delivered a healthy baby girl last week and was discharged on tuesday dr durga g rao medical director oasis fertility said that cancer therapy is known to affect fertility significantly and has always been a cause of concern for those becoming victims of it at a young age certain drugs like alkylating agents or cisplatin used in chemotherapy are known to impede fertility in patients therefore it makes great sense to preserve the semen or eggs when one is healthy rao said