Oncologists' practice and attitudes regarding fertility preservation in female cancer patients: A pilot study in the Netherlands

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 129-132

  Louwé, Leoni A ^a   Ter Kuile, Moniek M ^a   Hilders, Carina G J M ^b   Jenninga, Esther ^a   Tiemessen, Sanne M ^a   Peters, Alexander A W ^a   Nortier, Johan W R ^a   Stiggelbout, Anne M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Cryopreservation; Fertility; Fertility preservation; Oncology; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIST; HEMATOLOGIST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; ONCOLOGIST; OVARY FUNCTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOTHERAPIST; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; SURGEON;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84882375783     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0167482X.2013.821977     Document Type: Article

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