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However, discussions and decision-making about fertility preservation before cancer treatment have been insufficient owing to barriers in the clinical field. In addition, selecting a fertility preservation option requires a complex decision-making process that considers not only medical information but also the patient\u2019s values and preferences. Hence, an environment that more easily supports patient decision-making about fertility preservation needs to be created. Therefore, this protocol will develop and test a web-based decision aid (DA) for fertility preservation among young patients with cancer, considering patient preferences and values, evaluate acceptability and usability of the developed DA and assess its effectiveness.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and analysis<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This protocol outlines the development of a web-based DA for fertility preservation targeting females of reproductive age diagnosed with cancer. It includes alpha testing to evaluate the usability and acceptability of the DA, as well as beta testing to assess its effectiveness outside of clinical settings, both based on an online survey. The web-based DA for fertility preservation consists of three modules: 1) an information collection module, 2) an option suggestion module and 3) a value communication module. The information collection module collects information essential to select appropriate fertility preservation options. The option suggestion module returns all applicable fertility preservation options based on the patient\u2019s characteristics, which are essential for determining the appropriate option, such as menarche status and desire for pregnancy. The value communication module provides information on the extent to which each fertility preservation option satisfies the patient\u2019s values and preferences. After the development of the DA, a small group of young patients with cancer (n=10) and health providers (n=5) will be asked to use this web-based DA for fertility preservation and assess the acceptability and usability of this DA based on a survey (alpha-testing). By reflecting the feedback of acceptability and usability testing, the DA will be updated for improvement, and clinical field testing (beta-testing pilot trial) will be performed using the updated DA. Beta-testing will be conducted on young patients with cancer (aged 18\u201340 years) before they receive any curative cancer treatment (n=32). These patients with cancer will be randomly allocated to the DA group (intervention group) or the usual care group (control group). The DA group will use the web-based DA before treatment, and the control group will not have access to the web-based DA and will be asked to decide whether to consult a fertility preservation specialist. The primary outcome of the beta testing will be the level of decisional conflict, and the secondary outcomes will include knowledge, decision self-efficacy, decision readiness, depression severity, quality of life, counselling on fertility preservation and decision-making about fertility preservation. Outcomes, including decisional conflict, knowledge, decision self-efficacy, quality of life and depression severity, will be measured before the intervention (T0), 1 week after the intervention (T1) and 1 month after the intervention (T2). The readiness for decision-making will be assessed at T1 for the intervention group only. Counselling on fertility preservation and decision-making about fertility preservation will be assessed once after testing (T2) for both the intervention and control groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Ethics and dissemination<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study will be conducted in accordance with ethical standards and was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the National Cancer Centre, Korea (IRB No. NCC2024-0050). All study participants will provide written informed consent before participation. 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