Medical and pediatric oncology
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Med. Pediatr. Oncol. · Jul 1999
ReviewPsychosocial aspects of infertility and decisions about reproduction in young cancer survivors: a review.
Several types of cancer treatment interfere with male and female fertility or can complicate pregnancy. Rates of birth defects and cancer have also been studied in the offspring of cancer survivors. Little is known, however, about the impact of a history of cancer on survivors' attitudes, anxieties, and choices about having children of their own. ⋯ Research on the emotional aspects of infertility after cancer and on the factors that influence survivors' decisions about having children assumes increasing importance with the growth in number of survivors of reproductive age.