AIM: To verify whether fertility preservation (FP) improves the way women contemplate their life after the disease. MATERIALS & METHODS: 285 cancer patients referred for FP counseling were prospectively studied. A standardized questionnaire was submitted to all participants. RESULTS: A total of 85 patients (39.0%) returned the questionnaire. None of the women who rejected the FP proposal after oncofertility counseling returned the questionnaire. The median age of responders was 29.1 years (range: 18-40 years). In total, 35 of them (41.1%) were single and 72 (84.7%) were childless. A total of 66 women (77.6%) reported that the possibility of preserving fertility was instrumental to improving their coping with the burden of treatments. Since 61.2% patients perceived their cryopreserved oocytes or embryos as future children or family, the projection in a postdisease life may be at play in this improved subjective experience of treatment. CONCLUSION: The present results indicate that the simple fact of undergoing FP improves the patients' subjective experience of cancer treatments.
AIM: To verify whether fertility preservation (FP) improves the way women contemplate their life after the disease. MATERIALS & METHODS: 285 cancerpatients referred for FP counseling were prospectively studied. A standardized questionnaire was submitted to all participants. RESULTS: A total of 85 patients (39.0%) returned the questionnaire. None of the women who rejected the FP proposal after oncofertility counseling returned the questionnaire. The median age of responders was 29.1 years (range: 18-40 years). In total, 35 of them (41.1%) were single and 72 (84.7%) were childless. A total of 66 women (77.6%) reported that the possibility of preserving fertility was instrumental to improving their coping with the burden of treatments. Since 61.2% patients perceived their cryopreserved oocytes or embryos as future children or family, the projection in a postdisease life may be at play in this improved subjective experience of treatment. CONCLUSION: The present results indicate that the simple fact of undergoing FP improves the patients' subjective experience of cancer treatments.
Authors: Jessica R Zolton; Toral P Parikh; Dennis D Hickstein; Steven M Holland; Micah J Hill; Alan H DeCherney; Erin F Wolff Journal: J Assist Reprod Genet Date: 2018-03-13 Impact factor: 3.412
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