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Satisfaction, disappointment and regret surrounding fertility preservation decisions in the paediatric and adolescent cancer population

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Purpose

With over 80% of paediatric and adolescent cancer patients surviving into adulthood, quality-of-life issues such as future fertility are increasingly important. However, little is known about regret around decisions to pursue or forgo fertility preservation (FP). We investigated the risk of decision regret in families involved in making a FP decision and explored contributive factors.

Methods

Parents and patients ≥ 15 years were invited to participate. Participants completed a 10-item survey, including a validated Decision Regret Scale. Scores ≥ 30 indicated high regret. Free-text response items allowed participants to provide reasons for satisfaction or regret.

Results

A total of 108 parents and 30 patients participated. Most (81.4%) reported low regret (mean score 13.7). On multivariate analysis, predictors of low regret included having a FP procedure and a fertility discussion pre-treatment. Most participants believed that FP offers hope for future fertility. Some reported dissatisfaction with the process of decision-making.

Conclusion

Overall levels of regret in the study population were low, with factors associated with quality, timely discussion and belief in the success of FP technology being predictors of low regret. However, dissatisfaction with the decision-making process itself revealed that refinements to the programme are required to meet families’ needs.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Hannah Clark for her contribution to the oncofertility database, which was sourced for oncofertility data and Matthew Kemertzis for his contribution to this body of work as the past Fertility Preservation Taskforce project manager.

Funding

The research was supported by the Victorian Cancer Agency (ECSG13027). YJ is funded by the Victorian Cancer Agency and is a National Health and Medical Research Council Translation of Research into Clinical Practice (TRIP) fellow. MP is supported by a NBCF Early Career Fellowship (ECF-0015).

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  1. Monash University, Clayton, Australia

    Sadunee Jayasuriya

  2. Department of Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia

    Sadunee Jayasuriya, Catherine Allingham, Nancy Li, Paddy Moore & Yasmin Jayasinghe

  3. Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The Royal Women’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

    Sadunee Jayasuriya, Michelle Peate, Catherine Allingham, Nancy Li & Yasmin Jayasinghe

  4. Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

    Lynn Gillam

  5. Children’s Bioethics Centre, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia

    Lynn Gillam

  6. Department of Endocrinology, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia

    Margaret Zacharin

  7. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Australia

    Margaret Zacharin & Yasmin Jayasinghe

  8. Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

    Peter Downie

  9. Children’s Cancer Centre, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia

    Peter Downie, Leanne Super & Lisa Orme

  10. Monash Children’s Cancer Centre, Monash Hospital, Clayton, Australia

    Leanne Super

  11. Melbourne IVF, Parkville, Australia

    Franca Agresta & Catharyn Stern

  12. Reproductive Services, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia

    Catharyn Stern

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Conception and design: All authors

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Jayasuriya, S., Peate, M., Allingham, C.et al. Satisfaction, disappointment and regret surrounding fertility preservation decisions in the paediatric and adolescent cancer population.J Assist Reprod Genet36, 1805–1822 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-019-01536-4

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