Table 1.
Participant characteristics.
| No. Participants | |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | |
| Age at diagnosis | |
| < 30 | 7 |
| 30–34 | 10 |
| ≥ 35 | 3 |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White | 17 |
| Hispanic | 3 |
| Education | |
| No college | 1 |
| Some college | 6 |
| College degree or higher | 13 |
| Cancer stage | |
| I | 6 |
| II | 14 |
| ER/PR Status1 | |
| ER+/PR+ and ER+/PR− | 10 |
| ER−/PR− | 10 |
| Surgery | |
| Lumpectomy | 12 |
| Mastectomy | 8 |
| Treatment | |
| Adjuvant chemotherapy | 19 |
| Radiation | 14 |
| Endocrine therapy | 7 |
| 1+ child born pre-diagnosis | 4 |
| Wanted children pre-diagnosis | |
| No | 1 |
| Maybe | 6 |
| Yes | 13 |
| Wanted children post-diagnosis | |
| No | 1 |
| Maybe | 9 |
| Yes | 10 |
| Tried/Did not prevent pregnancy after treatment |
11 |
| Tried medical/alternative therapy to become pregnant |
4 |
| Irregular periods during or after treatment |
11 |
| Doctor reported treatment- related ovarian damage |
3 |
| Treatment decision based in- part on fertility preservation |
6 |
1
Presence of estrogen and progesterone receptors