Multidisciplinary Shared Decision Making for Fertility Preservation in Young Women With Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Fertility preservation (FP) is an important issue for young survivors of breast cancer. Although international guidelines recommend pre-treatment fertility counseling for women with breast cancer, there is no standardized protocol or referral system for FP in South Korea. There are also barriers to discussing FP that make patient-centered decision making difficult. This study aimed to develop a shared decision making program for FP and compare the rates of FP procedures between the usual care and shared decision making groups. We hypothesized that multidisciplinary shared decision making for FP would increase the rate of FP procedures and patient satisfaction.

Methods

The multidisciplinary shared decision making for FP in young women with breast cancer (MYBC) is a mu

SUBMITTER: Baek SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10761754 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature