The journal of supportive oncology
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The American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) established guidelines for fertility preservation for cancer patients. In a national study of US oncologists, we examined attitudes toward the use of fertility preservation among patients with a poor prognosis, focusing on attitudes toward posthumous reproduction. ⋯ Physician attitudes may conflict with the recommended guidelines and may reduce the likelihood that some patients will receive information about fertility preservation. Further education may raise physicians' awareness of poor-prognostic patients' interest in pursuing this technology.