Technology application to assist young survivors with fertility concerns.
OBJECTIVE
To provide an overview of the relationship of communication technology with cancer and fertility concerns; a brief description of one example of a project for young breast cancer survivors; a profile of women who participated in the project; and a consideration of the future role of oncology nurses in developing and utilizing technology to address cancer and fertility concerns.


METHODS
Literature, experiential original data.


CONCLUSIONS
Communication technology provides an ever increasing array of tools, but it is the oncology nurse who is in a pivotal position to maximize the benefits that patients realize through the use of such supportive technologies.


CONCLUSIONS
Oncology nurses are in a pivotal position to assure that communication technologies are appropriately used to provide access to evidence-based information about cancer and fertility.
McNees
Patrick
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University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Health Professions, 1530 Third Ave South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. mcneesp@uab.edu
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D020407:Internet; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000451:nursing*; D017741:Survivors