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ReviewCancers2023

Fertility Preservation in Children and Adolescents during Oncological Treatment-A Review of Healthcare System Factors and Attitudes of Patients and Their Caregivers.

Piotr Pawłowski, Karolina Joanna Ziętara, Justyna Michalczyk, Magdalena Fryze, Anna Buchacz, Agnieszka Zaucha-Prażmo, Joanna Zawitkowska, Anna Torres, Marzena Samardakiewicz

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Double jeopardy: howFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
    Review
  5. Oncologists' current perspective and barriers to men's fertility preservation: a nationwide study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Piotr PawłowskiStudent Scientific Association at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1197-7218
Karolina Joanna ZiętaraStudent Scientific Association at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6754-9263
Justyna MichalczykStudent Scientific Association at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland.
Magdalena FryzeDepartment of Psychology, Psychosocial Aspects of Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7746-0086
Anna BuchaczYouth Cancer Europe, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Agnieszka Zaucha-PrażmoDepartment of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Transplantology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland.
Joanna ZawitkowskaDepartment of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Transplantology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7207-156X
Anna TorresDepartment of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland.
Marzena SamardakiewiczDepartment of Psychology, Psychosocial Aspects of Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2793-0756
Medical University of Lublin · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oncofertility is any therapeutic intervention to safeguard the fertility of cancer patients. Anti-cancer therapies (chemotherapy, radiation therapy, etc.) entail the risk of reproductive disorders through cytotoxic effects on gamete-building cells, especially those not yet fully developed. This literature review analyzes the available data on securing fertility in pediatric and adolescent populations to identify the methods used and describe aspects related to financing, ethics, and the perspective of patients and their parents. Topics related to oncofertility in this age group are relatively niche, with few peer-reviewed articles available and published studies mostly on adults. Compared to pubertal individuals, a limited number of fertility preservation methods are used for prepubertal patients. Funding for the procedures described varies from country to country, but only a few governments choose to reimburse them. Oncofertility of pediatric and adolescent patients raises many controversies related to the decision, parents' beliefs, having a partner, ethics, as well as the knowledge and experience of healthcare professionals. As the fertility of young cancer patients is at risk, healthcare professionals should make every effort to provide them with an opportunity to fulfill their future reproductive plans and to have a family and offspring. Systemic solutions should form the basis for the development of oncofertility in pediatric and adolescent populations.

Indexed as

adolescentchildrenfertility preservationoncofertility

Identifiers

PMID37686669
PMCPMC10487203
OpenAlexW4386435878

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