1. Adoption as an Alternative Family-Building Strategy: Perceptions of Female, Young Adult Cancer Survivors Receiving Gonadotoxic Treatments.
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Dorfman, Caroline S., Stalls, Juliann M., Arrato, Nicole A., Shelby, Rebecca A., Woodward, Julia T., Acharya, Kelly, Davidson, Brittany, Wagner, Lars, Corbett, Cheyenne, and Greenup, Rachel A.
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ATTITUDES toward adoption , *FERTILITY , *PSYCHOLOGICAL distress , *SECONDARY analysis , *INTERVIEWING , *PSYCHOLOGY of women , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *CANCER chemotherapy , *RESEARCH , *RESEARCH methodology , *TUMORS , *CANCER patient psychology , *FERTILITY preservation , *PATIENTS' attitudes , *ADULTS - Abstract
Female survivors of young adult (YA) cancers are at risk of fertility impacts following cancer treatment. For these women, fertility-related distress is both prevalent and persistent. Yet there is little research regarding survivors' perspectives on alternative family-building options, particularly adoption. This exploratory secondary data analysis analyzed semistructured interviews and explored survivors' views of adoption. Overall, female YA survivors reported openness to adoption as a possible substitute for biological conception and an alternative to fertility preservation. It is imperative that this population receives support in decision-making around and consideration of the unique barriers to adoption for cancer survivors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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