Fertility management after breast cancer diagnosis: A qualitative investigation of women's experiences of and recommendations for professional care

Maggie Kirkman; Catharyn Stern; Suzanne Neil; Ingrid Winship; G Bruce Mann; Kerry Shanahan; Di Missen; Helen Shepherd; Jane Rosamond Woodward Fisher

doi:10.1080/07399332.2012.735729

Fertility management after breast cancer diagnosis: A qualitative investigation of women's experiences of and recommendations for professional care

Maggie Kirkman
, Catharyn Stern
, Suzanne Neil
, Ingrid Winship
, G Bruce Mann
, Kerry Shanahan
, Di Missen
, Helen Shepherd
, Jane Rosamond Woodward Fisher

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Breast cancer and its treatment in reproductive-age women can reduce fertility and compromise family formation. To learn about women s experiences of fertility-related cancer care we interviewed 10 women (aged 26-45), at least one year postdiagnosis. Thematic analysis revealed that all women, including one who chose to be child-free, valued fertility and motherhood. They reported experiencing varied fertility-related care, from support for fertility preservation to apparent disregard of their fertility concerns. Women s needs were heterogeneous, but all wanted health care providers to communicate fertility options and avoid assumptions about women s fertility desires while working to extend each woman s life

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	50 - 67
Number of pages	18
Journal	Health Care for Women International
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2012.735729
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Kirkman, M., Stern, C., Neil, S., Winship, I., Bruce Mann, G., Shanahan, K., Missen, D., Shepherd, H., & Fisher, J. R. W. (2013). Fertility management after breast cancer diagnosis: A qualitative investigation of women's experiences of and recommendations for professional care. Health Care for Women International, 34(1), 50 - 67. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2012.735729

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Fertility management after breast cancer diagnosis: A qualitative investigation of women's experiences of and recommendations for professional care

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