Fertility discussions and concerns in childhood cancer survivors, a systematic review for updated practice.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To provide ways to improve the clinical practice of fertility preservation (FP) for children, adolescents, and young adults (AYA) with cancer.

Design

A systematic research of online databases was undertaken in March 2020 following the PRISMA criteria, including Medline and Web of Science.

Results

Fifty-nine articles were included. Surveys, interviews, and focus groups were used to collect data from patients, parents, and health care providers (HCPs). Four themes worth exploring emerged: (a) what do patients and professionals think of and know about FP? (b) what makes the fertility discussion happen or not? (c) what, retrospectively, led to FP being pursued or not? and (d) how do patients and HCPs feel about fertility issues?

Conclusion

A minority of AYA

SUBMITTER: El Alaoui-Lasmaili K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10028046 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature