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Improving Oncofertility Discussions And Referrals: Implementation Of A Formal Fertility Preservation Program, Mackenzie Danielle Browning, Melissa Marie Hessock
Improving Oncofertility Discussions And Referrals: Implementation Of A Formal Fertility Preservation Program, Mackenzie Danielle Browning, Melissa Marie Hessock
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BACKGROUND: Impaired fertility is a risk of life-saving cancer treatment in adolescents and young adults (AYAs). Despite this known risk and clinical practice guidelines that stress their importance, treatment-associated fertility risk education and preservation referrals are often neglected in this population.
LOCAL PROBLEM: The site of this evidence-based practice improvement project is an outpatient hematology-oncology clinic serving adults with varying cancer diagnoses. The site did not have a standardized approach to ensure treatment-associated fertility risk education and fertility preservation referrals were provided to AYAs with newly diagnosed cancer. The purpose of this project was to implement a formal fertility preservation …