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ArticleUpsala journal of medical sciences2016

Young female cancer patients' experiences with fertility counselling and fertility preservation-a qualitative small-scale study within the Danish health care setting.

Didde Hoeg, Lone Schmidt, Kirsten T Macklon

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Article in Upsala journal of medical sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Didde Hoega Department of Public Health , Section of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen , Denmark.
Lone Schmidta Department of Public Health , Section of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen , Denmark.
Kirsten T Macklonb The Fertility Clinic, section 4071, University Hospital of Copenhagen , Rigshospitalet , Denmark.
University of Copenhagen · DKRigshospitalet · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionFertility counselling for young women newly diagnosed with cancer is an important field of preconceptional counselling. This qualitative, small-scale study explored how young women newly diagnosed with cancer experienced specialized fertility preservation counselling and treatment in the public Danish health care system.

methodsSemi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with five women below 40 years recently diagnosed with cancer. All women received fertility counselling by a fertility specialist at the Fertility Clinic, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark before initiation of cancer treatment. Participants were interviewed at a place chosen by them, and interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analysed using systematic text condensation developed by Malterud and inspired by Giorgi's phenomenological analysis.

resultsNone of the participants were aware that chemotherapy could destroy their eggs. The participants described how specialized fertility counselling and fertility preservation contributed to a belief in life after cancer, which gave them hope that they would survive their cancer disease. Further, the women described how the possibility of fertility preservation removed a huge concern and enabled them to concentrate on their cancer treatment and on getting better.

conclusionOverall, the specialized fertility counselling and treatment to preserve fertility was highly valued. The women felt it gave them a choice about their future fertility. The fertility expert presented the various fertility-preserving scenarios, and the women were content that they had an actual choice.

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Cancerfertility preservationpreconceptional counsellingqualitative methodsemi-structured interviewssystematic text condensation

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PMID27413812
PMCPMC5098494
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