Why Healthcare Providers Should Focus on the Fertility of AYA Cancer Survivors: It’s Not Too Late!
Reproductive health among cancer survivors is an important quality of life issue. Certain cancer therapies have known fertility risks. There is an existing cohort of AYA cancer survivors that, seen less frequently in clinical care settings than active patients, are likely not having discussions of f...
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| author | Devin eMurphy Etan eOrgel Etan eOrgel Amanda eTermuhlen Amanda eTermuhlen Susan eShannon Krista eWarren Gwendolyn P Quinn Gwendolyn P Quinn |
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| description | Reproductive health among cancer survivors is an important quality of life issue. Certain cancer therapies have known fertility risks. There is an existing cohort of AYA cancer survivors that, seen less frequently in clinical care settings than active patients, are likely not having discussions of fertility and other reproductive health issues. A survivor or healthcare provider can easily assume that the window of opportunity for fertility preservation has passed, however emerging technology has examined the close relationship between fertility and other late effects to conclude that assessment during survivorship is warranted. Some fertility preservation procedures have also been shown to mitigate these late effects. This review explores the relevance of ongoing fertility discussions in the AYA survivorship population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0c7d26e6f0d4d66917574899c5ca3482022-12-21T19:13:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Oncology2234-943X2013-10-01310.3389/fonc.2013.0024858175Why Healthcare Providers Should Focus on the Fertility of AYA Cancer Survivors: It’s Not Too Late!Devin eMurphy0Etan eOrgel1Etan eOrgel2Amanda eTermuhlen3Amanda eTermuhlen4Susan eShannon5Krista eWarren6Gwendolyn P Quinn7Gwendolyn P Quinn8Miller Children's HospitalMiller Children's HospitalKeck School of MedicineMiller Children's HospitalKeck School of MedicineMiller Children's HospitalMiller Children's HospitalUniversity of South FloridaMoffitt Cancer CenterReproductive health among cancer survivors is an important quality of life issue. Certain cancer therapies have known fertility risks. There is an existing cohort of AYA cancer survivors that, seen less frequently in clinical care settings than active patients, are likely not having discussions of fertility and other reproductive health issues. A survivor or healthcare provider can easily assume that the window of opportunity for fertility preservation has passed, however emerging technology has examined the close relationship between fertility and other late effects to conclude that assessment during survivorship is warranted. Some fertility preservation procedures have also been shown to mitigate these late effects. This review explores the relevance of ongoing fertility discussions in the AYA survivorship population.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2013.00248/fullFertilitydiscussiononcologyadolescent and young adultsurvivorship |
| spellingShingle | Devin eMurphy Etan eOrgel Etan eOrgel Amanda eTermuhlen Amanda eTermuhlen Susan eShannon Krista eWarren Gwendolyn P Quinn Gwendolyn P Quinn Why Healthcare Providers Should Focus on the Fertility of AYA Cancer Survivors: It’s Not Too Late! Frontiers in Oncology Fertility discussion oncology adolescent and young adult survivorship |
| title | Why Healthcare Providers Should Focus on the Fertility of AYA Cancer Survivors: It’s Not Too Late! |
| title_full | Why Healthcare Providers Should Focus on the Fertility of AYA Cancer Survivors: It’s Not Too Late! |
| title_fullStr | Why Healthcare Providers Should Focus on the Fertility of AYA Cancer Survivors: It’s Not Too Late! |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why Healthcare Providers Should Focus on the Fertility of AYA Cancer Survivors: It’s Not Too Late! |
| title_short | Why Healthcare Providers Should Focus on the Fertility of AYA Cancer Survivors: It’s Not Too Late! |
| title_sort | why healthcare providers should focus on the fertility of aya cancer survivors it s not too late |
| topic | Fertility discussion oncology adolescent and young adult survivorship |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2013.00248/full |
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