The purpose of this study is to ask youn women diagnosed with ovarian cancer who have undergone surgery that will allow them to have children in the future, on issues such as: education about their options to keep their ability to have children, after-chemotherapy treatment decision making, and reproductive history. The second purpose is to determine the effect of an early diagnosis of ovarian cancer on the sexual functioning of women.
* Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire either in the clinic or at home and return it to the research staff by mail or in person. * The study will involve being asked questions about the following: Fertility history; sexual history after being diagnosed with cancer; decision to have surgery that will allow them to have children; education they may or may not have received about the surgery that saved their ability to have children. * Answers to all questions will be kept confidential and participants will be identified by a number only.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
16
A questionnaire completed either in the clinic or at home
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
To survey young women diagnosed with ovarian cancer who have undergone fertility sparing surgery on issues such as fertility counseling, post treatment decision making and reproductive history.
Time frame: 36 months
To determine the effect of an early diagnosis of ovarian cancer on the sexual functioning of women.
Time frame: 36 months
To determine the feasibility of the Fertility-Sparing Survey included in this study.
Time frame: 36 months
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