Infrastructure of Fertility Preservation Services for Pediatric Cancer Patients: A Report From the Children’s Oncology Group

Frederick NN, Klosky JL, Meacham LR, Quinn GP, Kelvin JF, Cherven B, Freyer DR, Dvorak CC, Brackett J, Ahmed-Winston S, Bryson E, Chow EJ, Levine J. Infrastructure of Fertility Preservation Services for Pediatric Cancer Patients: A Report From the Children’s Oncology Group. JCO Oncol Pract. 2022 Mar;18(3):e325-e333. doi: 10.1200/OP.21.00275. Epub 2021 Oct 28. PubMed PMID: 34709943; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8932529.

Fertility preservation (FP) services are part of comprehensive care for those newly diagnosed with cancer. The capacity to offer these services to children and adolescents with cancer is unknown. A cross-sectional survey was sent to 220 Children’s Oncology Group member institutions regarding institutional characteristics, structure and organization of FP services, and barriers to FP. Standard descriptive statistics were computed for all variables. The association between site-specific factors and selected outcomes was examined using multivariable logistic regression.