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PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER
卷 50, 期 1, 页码 85-89出版社
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21261
关键词
infertility; late effects; pediatric oncology/hematology
资金
- NCI NIH HHS [CA 21765] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [P30CA021765] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Background. Given pediatric cancer patients are living into adulthood, parents and patients need to be informed about fertility-related side effects of their particular treatment. Procedure. We surveyed 97 parents of pediatric patients of all ages as well as 37 adolescent patients of 14 years or older who were presented for care at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) at the Stanford University Medical Center. We estimated the potential infertility risk (low, intermediate, and high) based on the child's treatment regimen. Results. In contrast to our hypothesis, the majority of parents in all three risk categories were concerned about fertility-related side effects of cancer treatment. Many parents with children at low risk were concerned (58.3%) whereas not all parents with children at intermediate or high risk were concerned, 61.5% and 73.3% respectively, P=0.43. Indeed, over 50% of all parents were erroneously concerned that cancer therapies cause DNA damage to their child's eggs (or sperm). Only 29.9% of parents were satisfied with the amount of information received. Similar patterns were seen among the adolescent patient sample. Conclusions. Parents of pediatric cancer patients and teenage patients have concerns about fertility-related side effects regardless of treatment received. Targeted education about infertility risk before and after treatment can address these gaps.
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