Table 4.
Framework for providing FP treatment for C-A patients in Asian countries.
| Australia | China | India | Indonesia | Japan | Korea | Philippines | Taiwan | Thailand | Vietnam | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical doctor | Oncologist and/or reproductive medicine specialist | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pediatrician (Oncologist) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Pediatrician (Other) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Pediatric surgeon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Hematologist | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Paramedical staff | Nurse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Social worker | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Psychologist | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Patient navigator | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Child-life specialist | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Others | Peer supporter | ⋆ | ⋆ |
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Australia and Japan have organizations which are consisted peer supporters and cancer survivors. However, it is difficult to attend FP treatment for individual cases.
In half of the countries (5 of 10), only a medical doctor could provide FP treatment for C-A patients. On the other hand, 4 of 5 countries achieved a multidisciplinary approach.