Oncofertility is gaining importance because of increasing cancer incidence, high survivorship, the need to provide a good quality of life to survivors and the desire of patients to preserve their fertility. Disseminating information about the effect of cancer and cancer treatment on fertility and the availability and effectiveness of fertility preservation techniques is critical. Gynaecologists...

BACKGROUND The aim of our research was to create a fertility status awareness tool (FertiSTAT) that would enable women to gain personalized guidance about reducing risks to their fertility and seeking timely fertility medical advice based on their own lifestyle and reproductive profile. METHODS Independent risk factors associated with female fertility impairment were identified. Associations ...

OBJECTIVE Fertility preservation stands before us as an issue of quality of life for cancer patients and their partners and families. Therefore, the object of the present study was to determine the extent of the knowledge that hematologists have about fertility preservation and to understand their attitudes and practices regarding this matter.
 MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 25 hematologist...

Hubacher and Trussell propose a new definition of “modern” contraceptive method: “a product or medical procedure that interferes with reproduction from acts of sexual intercourse”. According to this definition, the authors classify themajority of the available methods as “modern”, whereas the fertility awareness methods are considered “non modern” [1]. This definition of “modern” is arbitrary a...

The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project is a quasi-experimental study designed to test the hypothesis that introducing health and family planning services in a traditional African societal setting will introduce reproductive change. This article presents the impact of the initial three years of project exposure on contraceptive knowledge, awareness of supply sources, reproduct...