Future Fertility Among Pediatric Cancer Patients: Experiences and Perspectives of Health Workers in a Low-Resource Setting.

Although fertility preservation for patients with childhood and adolescent cancer is considered standard of care in the high-resource settings, it is rarely offered in low-resource settings. This study explores the experiences and perspectives of oncology health care professionals in Uganda to identify contextual barriers and facilitators to addressing oncofertility in low-resource settings. Using ground theory, we conducted in-depth face-to-face interviews of health care professionals managing pediatric patients at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI).

Understanding Reproductive Health among Survivors of Paediatric and Young adults (URHSPY) cancers in Uganda: A mixed method study protocol.

Background: Although reproductive failure after cancer treatment in children and young adults has been extensively described in high-income countries, there is a paucity of data in low-income settings. In addition, patient, parent, or health worker experiences, perspectives, and attitudes toward the risk of reproductive failure among young cancer patients in these settings are unknown. This study will describe the extent of reproductive morbidity associated with cancer treatment among childhood and young adult cancer survivors in Uganda.

Shared Decision-Making About Future Fertility in Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Perspectives of Parents in Uganda.

Despite a plethora of literature on barriers to addressing future fertility in childhood cancer survivors, the data are not representative of limited middle-income settings. Unique and context-specific factors may influence addressing future fertility care among childhood cancer survivors in Uganda. This study aimed to explore the experiences, attitudes, and perceptions of parents on their interactions with health providers about future fertility, as part of their child's cancer survivorship.