Determinants of fertility issues experienced by young women diagnosed with breast or gynaecological cancer - a quantitative, cross-cultural study.

The CSM proved useful in investigating predictors of fertility-related distress, with emotional, rather than cognitive representation of illness determining its levels. Socio-cultural background played a role in determining one's fertility-related distress and contributed to the explanation of the relationship between one's desire to have children, treatment-related regret, and fertility-related distress.