Open AccessFertility counseling information adequacy as a moderator of regret among adolescent and young adult breast cancer survivors
Author(s) -
Angela G. Campbell,
Marianne M. Hillemeier
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
supportive care in cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.133
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1433-7339
pISSN - 0941-4355
DOI - 10.1007/s00520-020-05771-9
Subject(s) - fertility , regret , medicine , breast cancer , moderation , fertility preservation , infertility , demography , gynecology , family medicine , clinical psychology , cancer , population , psychology , pregnancy , social psychology , environmental health , computer science , genetics , machine learning , sociology , biology
Current literature disagrees on whether fertility counseling decreases or increases decision regret among young breast cancer survivors. This study investigates whether fertility counseling provided to pre-menopausal breast cancer patients regarding infertility due to treatment is associated with decision regret post-treatment, and how that relationship is moderated by information adequacy.