A comparison of heterosexual and LGBTQ cancer survivors' outlooks on relationships, family building, possible infertility, and patient-doctor fertility risk communication.
Purpose: Little research about cancer-related infertility has examined the experiences and needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) cancer survivors. This research seeks to understand how LGBTQ survivors are similar to or different from heterosexual survivors with respect to ca...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Cancer Survivorship Vol. 10; no. 5; pp. 935 - 943 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Oct2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=118022451&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 118022451 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 19322259 46CU jtl: Journal of Cancer Survivorship issn: 19322259 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2016 vid: 10 iid: 5 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 118022451 118022451 NLM26887847 118022451 10.1007/s11764-016-0524-9 NLM26887847 118022451 ppf: 935 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: A comparison of heterosexual and LGBTQ cancer survivors' outlooks on relationships, family building, possible infertility, and patient-doctor fertility risk communication. aug: au: Russell, Andrea Galvin, Kathleen Harper, Maya Clayman, Marla M Russell, Andrea Galvin, Kathleen M Harper, Maya M Clayman, Marla L affil: Division of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine , Northwestern University , Evanston USA sug: subj: Survivors Psychosocial Factors Infertility Therapy Fertility Preservation Psychosocial Factors Physician-Patient Relations Adaptation, Psychological Communication Neoplasms Psychosocial Factors Neoplasms Therapy Middle Age Risk Factors Interpersonal Relations Heterosexuality Infertility Etiology Adult Attitude to Health Neoplasms Complications Decision Making Female Male Young Adult Human Sexuality Adolescence Validation Studies Comparative Studies Evaluation Research Multicenter Studies Middle Aged: 45-64 years Adult: 19-44 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Female Male ab: Purpose: Little research about cancer-related infertility has examined the experiences and needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) cancer survivors. This research seeks to understand how LGBTQ survivors are similar to or different from heterosexual survivors with respect to cancer treatments' effects on relationships, plans for parenthood, and fertility preservation decision making.Methods: Semi-structured telephone interviews conducted with adolescent or young adult (AYA) cancer survivors (n = 56) were coded for themes. Interviews consisted of questions about pre- and post-diagnosis thoughts about relationships, parenthood, possible infertility, and how information about fertility risks was received.Results: While LGBTQ (n = 22) and heterosexual (n = 34) survivors reported similar challenges when dating post-diagnosis, heterosexual survivors were more likely to report fertility concerns as affecting romantic relationships (p < .05). LGBTQ survivors seemed more open to raising non-biological children or not becoming a parent than heterosexual survivors. LGBTQ survivors generally reported being satisfied with or indifferent to the information that they were given regarding fertility loss, despite reporting receiving similar amounts of information as compared to heterosexual patients (p < .10).Conclusions: LGBTQ patients' views on relationships, parenthood, and family building seemed to result in less distress when faced with infertility. However, interventions facilitating information exchange about dating, fertility risks, and family building options may be valuable to LGBTQ and heterosexual cancer survivors.Implications For Cancer Survivors: LGBTQ cancer survivors may display more adaptive coping with respect to relationships and fertility loss. Oncology professionals may want to proactively introduce positive coping strategies to reduce distress among AYA cancer survivors at risk for infertility. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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