Fertility education for adolescent cancer patients: Gaps in current clinical practice in Europe.

Elisabeth KorteRalph SchillingMagdalena BalcerekHelen CampbellUta DirksenGloria HerrmannKaterina KepakovaTomas KepakStephanie Klco-BrosiusJarmila KruseovaMarina KunstreichHerwig LacknerThorsten LangerAnna PanasiukJoanna StefanowiczGabriele StraußAndreas RanftJulianne ByrneLutz GoldbeckAnja Borgmann-Staudt

Published in: European journal of cancer care (2020)

Fertility counselling was available to a relatively high proportion of patients, and it did influence the utilisation of cryopreservation. However, many patients did not feel sufficiently informed. Further improvement is needed to enable adolescent cancer patients to make an informed decision on fertility preservation.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
clinical practice
young adults
healthcare
hepatitis c virus
human immunodeficiency virus
smoking cessation
patient reported