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Understanding The Lived Fertility Preservation Experience From Diagnosis To The Start Of Adjuvant Therapy: A Study Of Young Breast Cancer Survivors, Kristine Ferrucci-Egan
Understanding The Lived Fertility Preservation Experience From Diagnosis To The Start Of Adjuvant Therapy: A Study Of Young Breast Cancer Survivors, Kristine Ferrucci-Egan
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Purpose
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore and gain an in-depth understanding of the lived fertility preservation experience of young female breast cancer survivors from diagnosis prior to the start of adjuvant therapy. The knowledge gained from the findings of this study may provide insights for nursing practice, research, and academia.
Background
Premenopausal women often present with later-stage disease and a prognosis far worse than women who develop breast cancer later in life. In addition, this disease in younger women tends to be of a more aggressive biological subtype, with outcomes that are significantly worse than for …