Clinicians' perspectives on barriers and facilitators to sperm banking in adolescent males with cancer: a mixed-methods study.
Leena NahataSophia M LilesCynthia A GerhardtAshley J HoustenDona JaliliSarah H O'BrienSusan T VadaparampilGwendolyn P QuinnPublished in: Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics (2023)
Barriers to adolescent sperm banking remain, even among clinicians who have completed Oncofertility training. Although training is one factor necessary to facilitate banking, structural and psychosocial barriers persist. Given the complexities of offering sperm banking to pediatric populations, continued efforts are needed to mitigate structural barriers and develop strategies to facilitate decision-making before childhood cancer treatment.