Development of a questionnaire to evaluate female fertility care in pediatric oncology, a TREL initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently the five-year survival of childhood cancer is up to 80% due to improved treatment modalities. However, the majority of childhood cancer survivors develop late effects including infertility. Survivors describe infertility as an important and life-altering late effect. Fertility preservation options are becoming available to pre- and postpubertal patients diagnosed with childhood cancer and fertility care is now an important aspect in cancer treatment. The use of fertility preservation options depends on the quality of counseling on this important and delicate issue. The aim of this manuscript is to present a questionnaire to determine the impact of fertility counseling in patients suffering from childhood cancer, to improve fertility care and evaluate what patie

SUBMITTER: van der Perk MEM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9036799 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature