The objective of the current article was to assess the psychosocial impact of treatment-related infertility or the possibility of infertility on young women with cancer in contrast to the general population. Literature on the subject of female infertility among the general population and treatment-related female infertility among young women with cancer was identified and examined in the contex...

BACKGROUND Because the primary aim of infertility treatment is to achieve pregnancy, mental health care during this treatment is often neglected. However, the inability to conceive children is stressful for couples throughout the world. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate factors related to the anxiety and depression of female infertility patients. METHODS Participants included...

The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) supports the inclusion all non-experimental infertility treatments as covered benefits in public private health insurance plans. Infertility is a disease reproductive system, treatment should not be considered elective. All women who require gonadotoxic therapies to treat medical conditions such cancer offered option cryo...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether important racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic status (SES) health disparities exist in infertility, impaired fecundity, or infertility treatment. DESIGN Four waves of the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) were pooled. Measures were compared across various race/ethnicity, education, and age groups. PARTICIPANT(S) Data for 31,047 women 15-44 years old from th...