Course 11

Clinical management planning for fertility preservation in female cancer patients

Organised by the Task Force Basic Science and Task Force Fertility Preservation in Severe Disease in collaboration with the “US OncoFertility Consortium

Background: The mission of the ESHRE and the US OncoFertility Consortium is to explore and expand the options for preserving the reproductive future of cancer survivors. This program must be a collaboration between oncologists, fertility specialists to better understand the demands and boundary conditions for each practice plan (medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, pediatric oncology together with reproductive medicine).
Leaders from the US Oncofertility program share their experiences of a five year running NIH-supported National program.
 

Learning Objectives:

1. To understand cancer and cancer treatments impact in fertility
2. To understand what current fertility management options exist
3. To understand what emerging fertility options are under development

Chair: Carlos Plancha (Portugal) 

09:00 – 09:30	Building national networks of oncofertility centers in the U.S.: lessons learned and opportunities for global collaborations / Teresa Woodruff (USA)
09:30 – 09:45	Discussion
09:45 – 10:15	Perspectives for a European network for fertility preservation / Michael von Wolff (Switzerland)
10:15 – 10:30	Discussion
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break

11:00 – 11:30	Management strategies for oncology consults and collaboration / Jacqueline Jeruss (USA)
11:30 – 11:45	Discussion
11:45 – 12:15	Management strategies for centralised cryobanks and the European directive / Markus Montag (Germany)
12:15 – 12:30	Discussion
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch

13:30 – 14:00	Clinical management: fertility risks by diagnosis - What cancer requires immediate intervention / Dror Meirow (Israel)
14:00 – 14:15	Discussion
14:15 – 14:45	Addressing the specific needs of young children with cancer / Hamish Wallace (United Kingdom)
14:45 – 15:00	Discussion
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 – 16:00	Where research becomes treatment: ethical issues / Françoise Shenfield (United Kingdom)
16:00 – 16:15	Discussion
16.15 – 16.45	The Oncofertility Scholar - A new subspecialty with important training opportunities / Cristos Coutifaris (USA)
16:45 – 17:00	Discussion