TY - CHAP
T1 - The fertility-related treatment choices of cancer patients
T2 - Cancer-related infertility and family dynamics
AU - Snyder, Karrie Ann
AU - Thazin, May Kyaw
AU - Pearse, William B.
AU - Moinuddin, Mehwish
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Oncofertility Consortium NIH 8UL1DE019587, 5RL1HD058296.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Cancer does not just affect the person battling the disease, but the patient's family as well. Cancer can impact a broad range of family relationships from sexual relations with a partner to how someone parents their child. Family members are also often involved in the treatment decisions that someone with cancer makes, such as showing support for a particular medical decision [1] or even being the primary decision maker [2, 3]. The role that a family member plays in the decision-making process is contingent upon many factors including the age of the patient, their relationship to the cancer patient (e.g., parent vs. child), the patient's own desires [4], prior family dynamics [4, 5], and cultural and community norms [2, 3]. Family members can be involved in many decisions directly related to an individual's cancer battle including which treatment option to choose (e.g., lumpectomy or mastectomy) [6], whether or not to pursue alternative treatments [7], and end-of-life care [8].
AB - Cancer does not just affect the person battling the disease, but the patient's family as well. Cancer can impact a broad range of family relationships from sexual relations with a partner to how someone parents their child. Family members are also often involved in the treatment decisions that someone with cancer makes, such as showing support for a particular medical decision [1] or even being the primary decision maker [2, 3]. The role that a family member plays in the decision-making process is contingent upon many factors including the age of the patient, their relationship to the cancer patient (e.g., parent vs. child), the patient's own desires [4], prior family dynamics [4, 5], and cultural and community norms [2, 3]. Family members can be involved in many decisions directly related to an individual's cancer battle including which treatment option to choose (e.g., lumpectomy or mastectomy) [6], whether or not to pursue alternative treatments [7], and end-of-life care [8].
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4419-6518-9_32
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4419-6518-9_32
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 20811852
AN - SCOPUS:77956385556
SN - 9781441965172
T3 - Cancer Treatment and Research
SP - 413
EP - 428
BT - Oncofertility
A2 - Woodruff, teresa
A2 - Rodriguez, Sarah
A2 - Campo-Engelstein, Lisa
A2 - Zoloth, Laurie
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