Fertility concerns and treatment decision-making among national sample of young women with breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diagnosis of breast cancer in young women has been shown to affect their decision-making with regard to fertility and family planning. Limited data are available from populations across the U.S. regarding this issue; thus, we sought to describe fertility concerns and efforts to preserve fertility in a national clinical trial population of young breast cancer patients.

Methods

The young and strong study was a cluster-randomized controlled trial testing an intervention program for young women with breast cancer. Patients were surveyed within 3 months after diagnosis and at 3, 6, and 12 months after. Surveys asked about sociodemographics, psychosocial domains, fertility concerns, and fertility preservation strategies. Univariable and multivariable models were used to

SUBMITTER: de Kermadec E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807590 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature