Polish Female Cancer Survivors' Experiences Related to Fertility Preservation Procedures

Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) and Patient Experiences in Fertility Preservation: A Systematic Review of the Literature on Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) with Cancer

“…We need to realize that not all young cancer patients are aware of the potential fertility risks and may not even bring up the topic or ask for information [13,29]. Studies indicated that in most cases, a discussion about FP was initiated by the specialist treating the disease [13,44,45,55]. They reported that if a discussion about FP was initiated by the patient, they were already thinking parenthood or trying to conceive at the time of diagnosis [13].…”

“…A clear need that emerged from the articles about FP counselling and treatment was the need for more information [13,16,20,28,31,36,44,45,53,55,65,66,69,70]. The need for information can be described in two ways: the need for the timely sharing of information and the need for (patient-specific) information.…”

“…Wang et al and Walasik et al stated that when FP treatments were not covered by insurers, patients felt that the costs of fertility treatments for cancer patients should be further subsidized [41,55].…”

“…Anazodo et al mentioned that many patients reported more anxiety about their fertility potential after cancer treatment than at the time of diagnosis and FP [33]. Walasik et al described that patients were mostly concerned about the safety of having children after oncological treatment [55]. Canzona et al stated that patients have worries and uncertainty that cancer and/or treatment makes it less likely for them to be healthy enough to raise future children [35].…”