Female adolescent and young adult cancer survivors reported higher rates of perceived infertility risk and frequently overestimated or underestimated their risk, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.
The findings indicate that infertility risk counseling throughout the cancer survivorship continuum could decrease misalignment between perception and actual fertility risk, decrease fertility-associated psychological distress and inform family planning decisions, researchers concluded.
“We know that adolescent and young adult cancer survivors worry about their future