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ReviewJournal of psychosocial oncology2015

Psychological Counseling of Female Fertility Preservation Patients.

Angela K Lawson, Susan C Klock, Mary Ellen Pavone, Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron, Kristin N Smith, Ralph R Kazer

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Review in Journal of psychosocial oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Supportive oncofertility care, psychological health and reproductive concerns: a qualitative study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
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  16. Comparing fertility preservation resources and policies between NCCN member and non-member institutions.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019
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  17. Development of a Pediatric Fertility Preservation Program: A Report From the Pediatric Initiative Network of the Oncofertility Consortium.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2019
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  19. Clinical medicine insights. Reproductive health · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Angela K Lawsona Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University , Chicago , IL , USA.
Susan C Klock
Mary Ellen Pavone
Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron
Kristin N Smith
Ralph R Kazer
Northwestern University · USFertility Centers of Illinois · US

Funding

Research Career Development in Obstetrics and GynecologyK12HD050121 · NICHD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Serdar E. Bulun · 2005 to 2026
$7.2M
Project 3: Medically-based Protection of the Ovarian Reserve Against Anti-CancerP50HD076188 · NICHD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI CHANG, R JEFFREY · 2014 to 2017
$6.2M
U54: The Oncofertility Consortium: Fertility Preservation for Woman (1 of 10)UL1DE019587 · NIDCR · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI WOODRUFF, TERESA K · 2008 to 2011
$3.7M
NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD050121NICHD NIH HHS K12HD050121NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD076188NIDCR NIH HHS UL1 DE019587NIDCR NIH HHS UL1DE019587
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Young cancer patients are increasingly interested in preserving their fertility prior to undergoing gonadotoxic therapies. Although the medical safety and treatment protocols for fertility preservation have been well documented, limited research has addressed the emotional issues that arise in fertility preservation patients. We briefly review the literature on the psychosocial issues in adult female fertility preservation treatment and describe our experiences within this patient population. Our findings suggest that several important issues to be addressed during the psychological counseling of adult female fertility preservation patients include: (1) preexisting psychological distress in patients undergoing treatment, (2) choice of fertility preservation strategy in the face of an uncertain relationship future, (3) decision making regarding use of third-party reproduction (e.g., sperm/egg donation, gestational surrogacy), (4) treatment expectations regarding pregnancy and miscarriage, (5) ethical issues related to treatment including the creation, cryopreservation, and disposition of embryos/oocytes, and (6) decision regret from patients who declined fertility preservation.

Indexed as

CounselingAdultChoice BehaviorFemaleFertility PreservationHumansNeoplasmscancerfertility preservationpsychological counselingpsychosocial oncology

Identifiers

PMID25996581
PMCPMC4557874
OpenAlexW1889234420

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