Practices of pediatric oncology and hematology providers regarding fertility issues: A European survey

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2054-2058

  Terenziani, Monica ^a   Spinelli, Marco ^b   Jankovic, Momcilo ^b   Bardi, Edit ^c   Hjorth, Lars ^d   Haupt, Riccardo ^e   Michel, Gisela ^f,g   Byrne, Julianne ^h  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Markusovszky Teaching Hospital   (Hungary)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^h BOYNE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer survivors; Fertility preservation; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGIST; OVARY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRICIAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPERM DONOR; TESTIS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; COUNSELING; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; COUNSELING; EUROPE; FEMALE; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84922674117     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25163     Document Type: Article

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