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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 August 2004
In the recent past, a diagnosis of cancer was often considered a terminal condition in the majority of patients. If one did not die quickly, the stigmatism associated with the disease often relegated one to a life without children. However, as oncology treatments improved, so did the prognosis, as well as the prospect of a ‘survivor’ being able to lead a healthy productive life.