Dedicated Program for Adolescent and Young Adults With Cancer: A Better Way to Inform About Sexual and Fertility

Amandine Bertrand1, Simon Aho1, Christine Rousset-Jablonski1

  • 1Amandine Bertrand, MD, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Institut d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie Pédiatrique, Lyon, France, RESHAPE U1290, Lyon, France, Department of Human and Social Sciences, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France; Simon Aho, MD, Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France; Christine Rousset-Jablonski, PhD, RESHAPE U1290, Lyon, France, Department of Surgical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France; Marion Cessot, MD, Department of Surgical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France; Véronique Christophe, PhD, Department of Human and Social Sciences, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France; Véronique Christophe, PhD, Department of Human and Social Sciences, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France; Perrine Marec-Bérard, MD, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Institut d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie Pédiatrique, Lyon, France; and Isabelle Ray-Coquard, PhD, RESHAPE U1290, Lyon, France, Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.

JCO Oncology Practice
|August 26, 2021
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