Fertility counselling and fertility preservation among early onset female cancer patients-A Finnish register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Advances in multimodality cancer treatments have increased long-term survival rates for early onset cancer patients, with 5-year survival rates reaching 80% in Northern Europe. According to recent recommendations, clinicians should, as early as possible, inform cancer patients about the impact that cancer treatment may have on their fertility. Still, there is limited published data on fertility counselling (FC) and fertility preservation (FP) for cancer patients.

Methods

This register-based study used hospital records to identify female cancer patients in the hospital district (n = 192) who received FC at the age of 16-42 years between 2011 and 2019.

Results

Altogether, 97 (50.5%) cancer patients were eligible for FP. Of these, 55 (56.7%) underwent FP, wh

SUBMITTER: Melin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10891448 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature