Table 2.
Characteristics of childhood and adolescent patients with cancer.
| Characteristics |
Total children and adolescents (N=34) | Those whose parents completed the pre-DAa survey only (n=19) | Those whose parents reviewed the DA and completed the pre-and post-DA surveys (n=15) | P valueb | ||||
| Age in years, current mean (SD); range | 9.9 (6.2); 1.5-19.6 | 9.9 (6.2); 1.8-19.6 | 9.3 (6.4); 1.5-19.2 | .88 | ||||
| Age at diagnosis in years, mean (SD); range | 7.7 (5.9); 1.0-17.2 | 7.7 (6.0); 1.0-17.2 | 7.4 (5.9); 1.0-17.2 | .58 | ||||
| Pubertal status at diagnosis, n (%) | ||||||||
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Prepubertal | 22 (65) | 12 (55) | 10 (45) | .63 | |||
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Postpubertal | 12 (35) | 7 (58) | 5 (42) | ||||
| Diagnosis, n (%) | ||||||||
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Leukemia | 10 (29) | 4 (40) | 6 (60) | .38 | |||
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Rhabdomyosarcoma | 5 (15) | 2 (40) | 3 (60) | ||||
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Ewing’s Sarcoma | 5 (15) | 4 (80) | 1 (20) | ||||
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Central nervous system | 3 (9) | 2 (67) | 1 (33) | ||||
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Hodgkin’s Disease | 2 (6) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | ||||
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Osteosarcoma | 3 (9) | 2 (67) | 1 (33) | ||||
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Other solid cancers | 5 (15) | 3 (60) | 2 (40) | ||||
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Non-Hodgkin’s | 1 (3) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | ||||
| Estimated risk of infertility, n (%) | ||||||||
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Low | 5 (15) | 1 (20) | 4 (80) | .04 | |||
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Medium | 14 (41) | 8 (57) | 6 (43) | ||||
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High | 15 (44) | 10 (67) | 5(33) | ||||
| Type of fertility preservation procedures, n (%) | ||||||||
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Ovarian tissue cryopreservation | 8 (24) | 6 (75) | 2 (25) | .68 | |||
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Ovarian tissue cryopreservation + gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist + oocytes | 2 (6) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | ||||
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Testicular tissue cryopreservation | 10 (29) | 5 (50) | 5 (50) | ||||
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Semen cryopreservation | 3 (9) | 2 (67) | 1 (33) | ||||
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No procedure | 11 (32) | 5 (45) | 6 (55) | ||||
aDA: decision aid.
bt test (two-tailed); significant at P≤.05.