Table 3.
Patients with infertility and hope for childbearing after cancer therapy
|
Healthy female AYA desiring childbearing Yes/No/Gave up/Unknown |
|
|---|---|
| Age (y) | |
| 15‐19 | 19/2/0/4 |
| 20‐24 | 18/2/0/5 |
| 25‐29 | 19/1/0/5 |
| 30‐39 | 8/10/0/7 |
| Recognition of AYA survivors who underwent chemotherapy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed as infertile (Unknown/No answer) | Chemotherapy or irradiation as cause of infertility |
Desire childbearing Yes/No/Gave up/Unknown/No answer |
|
| All (n = 115) | 20 (43/12) | 17 |
57/8/18/17/15 Gave up =15.5% |
| Excluding breast cancer (n = 92) | 17 (31/12) | 15 |
47/4/14/12 Gave up =15.2% |
| Breast cancer (n = 23) | 3 (12/0) | 2 |
10/4/4/5 Gave up =17.4% |
| Hematologic malignancy (n = 55) | 11 (20/7) | 10 |
24/2/12/7 Gave up =21.8% |
| Excluding breast cancer and hematologic malignancy (n = 37) | 6 (11/5) | 5 | 23/2/2/5 Gave up =5.4% |
| AYA at primary diagnosis (n = 52) | 10 (19/1) | 9 |
24/8/11/7 Gave up =21.2% |
AYA, adolescent and young adults.