Infertility Survey Among Reproductive Age Women With Gynecological and Breast Cancer

Infertility Survey Among Reproductive Age Women With Gynecological and Breast Cancer

This study develops infertility survey among reproductive age women with gynecological and breast cancer. This study aims to learn how women consider whether or not to try to have a baby after surviving cancer. The advice gathered from this survey may be shared with patients and survivors in the future, so that they have information to inform their decisions about cancer treatment and family planning.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To tailor the National Fertility Barriers (NFB) Survey for women who have had gynecological and breast cancers.

II. To administer the tailored survey and evaluate if utilization of infertility clinics and treatments is associated with pregnancies leading to live births after gynecological or breast cancer.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To evaluate whether potential covariates are associated with utilization of infertility clinics and live births after gynecological and breast cancers (e.g. socio-demographic, clinical, psychological, lifestyle, and decision-making characteristics).

OUTLINE:

FOCUS GROUP: Patients attend an audiotaped focus group over 90 minutes to provide feedback for survey development.

SURVEY VALIDATION: Patients complete an online survey over 15-30 minutes at baseline and 2 days later.

TELEPHONE SURVEY: Patients complete a telephone survey.

Inclusion Criteria:

• FOCUS GROUP: Women seen at the MD Anderson Oncofertility Clinic and Adolescent and Young Adult Program who are 18-45 years old at the time of cancer diagnosis
• SURVEY VALIDATION: Women seen at the MD Anderson Oncofertility Clinic and Adolescent and Young Adult Program who are 18-45 years old at the time of cancer diagnosis
• TELEPHONE SURVEY: Women in the California Cancer Registry
• TELEPHONE SURVEY: Are 18-45 years old
• TELEPHONE SURVEY: Were diagnosed with early-stage ovarian (IA and IC), endometrial (IA), cervical (IA1-IB1), or breast cancer (I-III)
• TELEPHONE SURVEY: Are 5-12 years post diagnosis between the years of 2007-2014
• TELEPHONE SURVEY: Underwent fertility-preservation treatments

Exclusion Criteria:

• FOCUS GROUP: Do not speak English or Spanish
• SURVEY VALIDATION: Do not read and understand English
• TELEPHONE SURVEY: Do not speak English or Spanish