Development of a questionnaire to evaluate female fertility care in pediatric oncology, a TREL initiative
Abstract Background Currently the five-year survival of childhood cancer is up to 80% due to improved treatment modalities. However, the majority of childhood cancer survivors develop late effects including infertility. Survivors describe infertility as an important and life-altering late effect. Fe...
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| author | M. E. Madeleine van der Perk Eglė Stukaitė-Ruibienė Žana Bumbulienė Goda Elizabeta Vaitkevičienė Annelies M. E. Bos Marry M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink Jelena Rascon |
| author_facet | M. E. Madeleine van der Perk Eglė Stukaitė-Ruibienė Žana Bumbulienė Goda Elizabeta Vaitkevičienė Annelies M. E. Bos Marry M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink Jelena Rascon |
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| description | Abstract Background Currently the five-year survival of childhood cancer is up to 80% due to improved treatment modalities. However, the majority of childhood cancer survivors develop late effects including infertility. Survivors describe infertility as an important and life-altering late effect. Fertility preservation options are becoming available to pre- and postpubertal patients diagnosed with childhood cancer and fertility care is now an important aspect in cancer treatment. The use of fertility preservation options depends on the quality of counseling on this important and delicate issue. The aim of this manuscript is to present a questionnaire to determine the impact of fertility counseling in patients suffering from childhood cancer, to improve fertility care and evaluate what patients and their parents or guardians consider good fertility care. Methods Within the framework of the EU-Horizon 2020 TREL project, a fertility care evaluation questionnaire used in the Netherlands was made applicable for international multi-center use. The questionnaire to be used at least also in Lithuania, incorporates patients’ views on fertility care to further improve the quality of fertility care and counseling. Results evaluate fertility care and will be used to improve current fertility care in a national specialized pediatric oncology center in the Netherlands and a pediatric oncology center in Lithuania. Conclusion An oncofertility-care-evaluation questionnaire has been developed for pediatric oncology patients and their families specifically. Results of this questionnaire may contribute to enhancement of fertility care in pediatric oncology in wider settings and thus improve quality of life of childhood cancer patients and survivors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8fb368fb340d4630a135ac0023e7a71c2022-12-22T03:03:49ZengBMCBMC Cancer1471-24072022-04-012211610.1186/s12885-022-09450-2Development of a questionnaire to evaluate female fertility care in pediatric oncology, a TREL initiativeM. E. Madeleine van der Perk0Eglė Stukaitė-Ruibienė1Žana Bumbulienė2Goda Elizabeta Vaitkevičienė3Annelies M. E. Bos4Marry M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink5Jelena Rascon6Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric OncologyVilnius University, Faculty of MedicineVilnius University, Faculty of MedicineVilnius University, Faculty of MedicineUniversity Medical Center Utrecht, Reproductive Medicine and GynaecologyPrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric OncologyVilnius University, Faculty of MedicineAbstract Background Currently the five-year survival of childhood cancer is up to 80% due to improved treatment modalities. However, the majority of childhood cancer survivors develop late effects including infertility. Survivors describe infertility as an important and life-altering late effect. Fertility preservation options are becoming available to pre- and postpubertal patients diagnosed with childhood cancer and fertility care is now an important aspect in cancer treatment. The use of fertility preservation options depends on the quality of counseling on this important and delicate issue. The aim of this manuscript is to present a questionnaire to determine the impact of fertility counseling in patients suffering from childhood cancer, to improve fertility care and evaluate what patients and their parents or guardians consider good fertility care. Methods Within the framework of the EU-Horizon 2020 TREL project, a fertility care evaluation questionnaire used in the Netherlands was made applicable for international multi-center use. The questionnaire to be used at least also in Lithuania, incorporates patients’ views on fertility care to further improve the quality of fertility care and counseling. Results evaluate fertility care and will be used to improve current fertility care in a national specialized pediatric oncology center in the Netherlands and a pediatric oncology center in Lithuania. Conclusion An oncofertility-care-evaluation questionnaire has been developed for pediatric oncology patients and their families specifically. Results of this questionnaire may contribute to enhancement of fertility care in pediatric oncology in wider settings and thus improve quality of life of childhood cancer patients and survivors.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-09450-2Fertility careLate effectsPediatric cancerQuestionnaireReproductive health |
| spellingShingle | M. E. Madeleine van der Perk Eglė Stukaitė-Ruibienė Žana Bumbulienė Goda Elizabeta Vaitkevičienė Annelies M. E. Bos Marry M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink Jelena Rascon Development of a questionnaire to evaluate female fertility care in pediatric oncology, a TREL initiative BMC Cancer Fertility care Late effects Pediatric cancer Questionnaire Reproductive health |
| title | Development of a questionnaire to evaluate female fertility care in pediatric oncology, a TREL initiative |
| title_full | Development of a questionnaire to evaluate female fertility care in pediatric oncology, a TREL initiative |
| title_fullStr | Development of a questionnaire to evaluate female fertility care in pediatric oncology, a TREL initiative |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of a questionnaire to evaluate female fertility care in pediatric oncology, a TREL initiative |
| title_short | Development of a questionnaire to evaluate female fertility care in pediatric oncology, a TREL initiative |
| title_sort | development of a questionnaire to evaluate female fertility care in pediatric oncology a trel initiative |
| topic | Fertility care Late effects Pediatric cancer Questionnaire Reproductive health |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-09450-2 |
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