Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy
Negotiating Reproductive Identity After Cancer: A Qualitative Systematic Review of Female Survivors' Post-Treatment Fertility Experiences
By Wang Y, Turnbull ML, Oktavianus J and 1 others.
Abstract
Background
Fertility concerns are common among female cancer survivors and are shaped by sociocultural influences that extend beyond biomedical outcomes. Previous systematic reviews have consolidated evidence on fertility-related distress but have tended to operate within clinical or descriptive frameworks. Although identity-related findings have emerged in existing reviews, they received limited conceptual attention.
Objective
Guided by the concept of reproductive identity, this review systematically synthesises qualitative research on how female cancer survivors experience, negotiate, and reconstruct their reproductive identities within the broader context of post-cancer survivorship.