Reproductive concerns and fear of cancer recurrence: a qualitative study of women’s experiences of the perinatal period after cancer

Table 1 Sample characteristics (N = 10)

ID	Age	Ethnic background	Education	Cancer type	Cancer treatment	Fertility preservation	Method of conception	Method of birth	Time between diagnosis and pregnancy	Current trimester or age of child
001	40	White	Graduate degree	Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma	Chemotherapy	Cryopreservation	Spontaneous	Emergency cesarian section	5 yrs	5.5 mos
002	31	White	Professional degree	Leukemia	Chemotherapy	None	Spontaneous	N/A	1 yr 2 mos	2nd
003	35	Middle Eastern	Bachelor’s degree	Breast	Surgery Chemotherapy	Not given option	Spontaneous	N/A	5 yrs	2nd
006	37	White	Bachelor’s degree	Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma	Chemotherapy	None	Spontaneous	Vaginal	2 yrs	2 mos
007	31	Mixed race	Graduate degree	Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma	Chemotherapy Radiation	None	Spontaneous	N/A	9 yrs	2nd
010	41	East Asian	Graduate degree	Breast	Surgery Chemotherapy Herceptin	Cryopreservation	Spontaneous	Vaginal	1.5 yrs	2 mos
012	27	South Asian	Bachelor’s degree	Breast	Chemotherapy Radiation	GnRH	Spontaneous	N/A	1 yr	2nd
013	38	White	Graduate degree	Breast	Surgery	None	Spontaneous	Scheduled cesarian section	10 mos	10 mos
014	37	White	Bachelor’s degree	Breast	Surgery Chemotherapy Radiation Hormone therapy Herceptin	Cryopreservation	Spontaneous	Vaginal	4 yrs	2.5 mos
015	35	White	Bachelor’s degree	Breast	Surgery Chemotherapy Radiation Herceptin	Cryopreservation GnRH	Artificial reproductive technology	Cesarian section	3 yrs	10 mos

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