Psychological Aspects of Fertility Preservation - B·Debate

Knowledge about, attitude towards and use offertility preservation by patients and professionals• The majority of breast cancer (86%) reported knowing atdiagnosis that adjuvant chemotherapy might affect fertility 1• Women who were diagnosed more recently were morelikely to know about the impact of treatment on fertility thanwomen diagnosed several years ago 1• Existing literature suggests that most cancer survivorsemphasized the need for health professionals to be clearand directive in addressing the risk for infertility associatedwith cancer treatment regimes 21. Partridge et al, 2004. 2. Schover et al, 2002. Rosen et al, 2011