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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Fertility Preservation Practices Among Ontario Oncologists (study - male/female patients?)



Blogger's Note: in absence of the full text. it is not obvious if the study included male patients  

Abstract


This study explores the attitudes, knowledge, and referring behaviors in fertility preservation among Ontario physicians providing adult cancer care.. ...... Seventy-four percent of the physicians indicated that they rarely or never modified cancer treatment due to concern about future fertility........ About 45% did not know where to refer female patients, and 69.7% rarely ever made a fertility preservation consultation referral for their female patients..........