Talk about fertility options
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Talk about fertility options

Laurie Freeman Assistant professor, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Brittany Postma Graduate assistant, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Cancer treatment often causes infertility – but a pre-planning intervention can ease the transition into the often-overlooked conversation on fertility preservation

The UK’s survival rates for cancer in the past 40 years have doubled, resulting in 50% of people with cancer living ten years after diagnosis. A significant quality of life issue for survivors is the preservation of fertility to fulfil hopes of having a biological child of their own.

Cancer Nursing Practice. 17, 3, 12-12. doi: 10.7748/cnp.17.3.12.s12

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