Having children after cancer: A pilot survey of survivors' attitudes and experiences

Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 697-709

  Schover, Leslie R ^a,b   Rybicki, Lisa A ^a   Martin, Beth Anne ^a   Bringelsen, Karen A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Fertility; Inherited cancer syndromes; Long term survivors; Offspring; Semen cryopreservation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CANCER THERAPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT CANCER; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; SELF CONCEPT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0033566698     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990815)86:4<697::AID-CNCR20>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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