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[Oncofertility and breast cancer: Where have we come from, where are we going?]
Aurélie Chirol1, Marc Debled2, Marion Fournier3
1Institut de lutte contre le cancer, institut Bergonié, service de chirurgie, Bordeaux, France; Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; Université de la Réunion, France.
Background:
Focusing on the current context of national and international recommendations, techniques development to evaluate and preserve fertility and patients' claims, this study aims to make a survey about the management of patients' breast cancer regarding oncofertility.
Methods:
Retrospective and analytic study of medical practices at Bergonié Institute of health professionals (medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, nurses) dedicated to the care of non-disseminated breast cancer patients younger than 37, needing medical treatment.
Results:
The number of participants was 230. The most interested practitioners in fertility theme are those of multidisciplinary consultation and surgeons (P<0.001), with an increasing interest during last years (P<0.05). The information about hypofertilizing risks of treatments are delivered most of the time by oncologists (57.7%). The motherhood project is expressed by 11 patients (4.9%) before treatment, only 4 of them receive information on the risks and 49 patients (21.7%) during follow-up. Only 24 patients (48% of the 49) are encouraged for motherhood.
Conclusion:
To satisfy patients' requests, several improvements have to be made regarding the patients' information, the health professionals' awareness and care coordination.
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