A multidisciplinary pediatric oncofertility team improves fertility preservation and counseling across 7 years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oncofertility is a developing field of increasing importance, particularly in pediatric oncology, where most patients are likely to survive long-term and have not yet had the opportunity to have children.

Aims

We performed a quality improvement initiative to increase our rates of fertility preservation counseling and referral through the implementation of a pediatric oncofertility team, and we report outcomes 7 years following implementation of our initiative.

Methods and results

We compare our baseline oncofertility survey to 44 post-intervention survey respondents and electronic medical record documentation for 149 patients treated in 2019. Ninety-five percent of post-intervention survey respondents recalled fertility counseling (baseline 70%, p = .004) a

SUBMITTER: Ligon JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9939996 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature