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Young adult female cancer survivors' unmet information needs and reproductive concerns contribute to decisional conflict regarding posttreatment fertility preservation.
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- Fertility discussions and concerns in childhood cancer survivors, a systematic review for updated practice.Cancer medicine · 2023Pooled it
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- Sexual Health, Quality of Life, and Fertility Counselling in Breast Cancer Survivors Younger than 40 Years.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
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- Potential unmet fertility needs among men cancer survivors: exploratory evidence from the National Survey of Family Growth.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025Article
- Development of a Machine Learning Model for Predicting Treatment-Related Amenorrhea in Young Women with Breast Cancer.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Fertility preservation and mental health among cancer patients of reproductive age.Fertility and sterility · 2025Review
- Mapping the Unmet Informational Needs of Young Portuguese Female Cancer Survivors: Psychometric Validation of a Multidimensional Scale.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Fertility preservation in young breast cancer patients: A nationwide survey on knowledge, attitudes, and practices among breast surgical healthcare providers in China.Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2025Article
- Perceived impact of a decision-aid and planning tool for family building after cancer for young adult female cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Inequalities in Fertility-Impacting Cancer Incidence Among Young Populations in the United States.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMany young adult female cancer survivors (YAFCS) are at risk of experiencing premature menopause. The current study characterized the posttreatment fertility information needs, reproductive concerns, and decisional conflict regarding future options for posttreatment fertility preservation (FP) among YAFCS.
methodsParticipants completed a Web-based, anonymous survey between February and March 2015. The survey included investigator-designed questions of perceived information needs, the Reproductive Concerns After Cancer Scale, and the Decisional Conflict Scale. Analyses included Pearson correlation coefficients, independent-sample Student t tests, and multiple regression.
resultsThere was a total of 346 participants with an average age of 29.9 years (SD = 4.1 years) who were 4.9 years from treatment (SD = 5.4 years [range, 0-27 years]). The main analyses focused on a subgroup of YAFCS with uncertain fertility status who had not previously undergone/attempted FP and either wanted future children or were unsure (179 women). Across fertility information topics, 43% to 62% of participants reported unmet information needs. The greatest reproductive concerns were related to fertility potential and the health of future offspring. The regression model controlled for a priori covariates including current age, age at treatment completion, income, relationship status, nulliparity, and prior fertility evaluation. Greater unmet information needs were found to be related to greater decisional conflict (β = .43; p<.001); greater reproductive concerns were associated at the trend level (β = .14, p = .08; F[8,118] = 6.42, p<.001).
conclusionsYAFCS with limited awareness or knowledge of their risk of experiencing premature menopause and FP options reported higher levels of decisional conflict regarding future FP. Posttreatment survivorship care should include comprehensive reproductive health counseling, including posttreatment FP options and family-building alternatives. Cancer 2016;122:2101-9. © 2016 American Cancer Society.
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