Developing a post-treatment survivorship care plan to help breast cancer survivors understand their fertility.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Reproductive-aged breast cancer survivors (BCS) who have completed initial cancer treatment frequently want to know about their future fertility potential. The purpose of this qualitative study was to assess if the fertility-related content presented in the survivorship care plan prototype met the informational needs of post-treatment BCS and to provide an opportunity for the target audience to review and react to the proposed content and design.

Methods

We conducted and analyzed transcripts from seven focus groups with BCS to evaluate their reactions to the survivorship care plan prototype. We independently coded transcripts for consistent themes and sub-themes and used a consensus-building approach to agree on interpretation of results.

Results

We identified

SUBMITTER: Gorman JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7413066 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature