Fertility Status Perception, Fertility Preservation and Desire to have Children in Cancer Survivors: French VICAN Survey | Zendy

Margaux Jegaden | Zendy; AnneDéborah Bouhnik | Zendy; Marie Préau | Zendy; MarcKarim Bendiane | Zendy; Patrick PerettiWatel | Zendy; Julien Mancini | Zendy; Blandine Courbière | Zendy

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Fertility Status Perception, Fertility Preservation and Desire to have Children in Cancer Survivors: French VICAN Survey

Author(s) -

Margaux Jegaden,

AnneDéborah Bouhnik,

Marie Préau,

MarcKarim Bendiane,

Patrick PerettiWatel,

Julien Mancini,

Blandine Courbière

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

future science oa

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825

H-Index - 23

ISSN - 2056-5623

DOI - 10.4155/fsoa-2018-0018

Subject(s) - fertility preservation , fertility , oncofertility , perception , medicine , cancer , demography , gerontology , gynecology , biology , environmental health , population , sociology , neuroscience

Aim: To report fertility status perception, fertility preservation and desire to have children in French cancer survivors 2 and 5 years after diagnosis. Methods: A total of 427 women and 115 men self-reported treatment-induced infertility, fertility status, access to gamete conservation, desire to have children and pregnancy/live births. Results: A total of 96.5% of men and 92.9% of women were thought to be fertile at diagnosis and 38% desired to have children. A total of 57.8% of men and 67.4% of women declared that no fertility preservation had been discussed before treatment. After 2 years, 26.8% of patients still desired to have children. After 5 years, 18 live births have been reported. Conclusion: Despite a legal obligation and technical progress, there is a lack of information given to patients.

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