A multidisciplinary pediatric oncofertility team durably improves
fertility preservation and counseling across 7 years
Abstract
We report outcomes 7 years following implementation of a pediatric
oncofertility team. We compare our baseline oncofertility survey to 44
post-intervention survey respondents and electronic medical record
documentation for 149 patients treated in 2019. 95% of
post-intervention survey respondents recalled fertility counseling
(baseline 70%, p=0.004) and 89.3% were appropriately referred for
fertility preservation (baseline 50%, p=0.017). Counseling was
documented in 60.4% of charts; 81% of patients were appropriately
referred for fertility preservation. Fertility preservation outcomes
differed by sex. Creation of an oncofertility team produced sustained
improvements in fertility counseling and fertility preservation
referral.