The Birds and the Bees and the Bank: Talking with Families About Future Fertility Amidst a Cancer Diagnosis

When parents learn their child has cancer, or when a patient hears the word “cancer,” often nothing else is heard after that point. It is not common for the parents and/or patient to remember much of what was told to them during the initial conversation in which the cancer diagnosis was disclosed. Additionally, the shock and devastation of the diagnosis may put parents and the patient in a an emotional state where