Authors
J Nilsson, Anna Jervaeus, Claudia Lampic, LE Eriksson, C Widmark, GM Armuand, J Malmros, M Marshall Heyman, LJHR Wettergren
Publication date
2014/12/1
Journal
Human Reproduction
Volume
29
Issue
12
Pages
2704-2711
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
STUDY QUESTION
What do adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer think about the risk of being infertile?
SUMMARY ANSWER
The potential infertility, as well as the experience of having had cancer, affects well-being, intimate relationships and the desire to have children in the future.
WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY
Many childhood cancer survivors want to have children and worry about possible infertility.
STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION
For this qualitative study with a cross-sectional design, data were collected through 39 online focus group discussions during 2013.
PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS
Cancer survivors previously treated for selected diagnoses were identified from The Swedish Childhood Cancer Register (16–24 years old at inclusion, ≥5 years after …
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