609-SIG_ONC
Fertility Preservation Across the Lifespan: Current Practices, Techniques and Innovations
Chairs: Kate McCracken, Dario R. Roque
Faculty: Kate McCracken, Serena Chan, Peter C. Lim, Emma L. Barber

Description: This course (sponsored by the Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and Oncology Special Interest Groups) provides a comprehensive review of the principles and techniques of fertility preservation for patients facing gynecologic and non-gynecologic cancers. We will review how to provide comprehensive fertility preservation counseling that includes infertility risk stratification; illustrate fertility preservation techniques across multiple ages (children, adolescents, adults); and using video, demonstrate minimally invasive fertility preservation surgical techniques. Participants will learn about the role and indications to consider fertility-sparing surgical options, such as radical trachelectomy, ovarian transposition, and ovarian cystectomy.

Learning Objectives: At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:
Develop a framework for counseling patients and families on fertility preservation options, and describe surgical techniques for fertility preservation in the pediatric/adolescent population, including ovarian tissue cryopreservation
Recognize the impact of a gynecologic cancer diagnosis, and the treatment, on fertility considerations
Implement the medical and surgical fertility sparing treatment options for women with cervical cancer and ovarian tumors

Course Outline
1:30 PM Welcome, Introduction and Course Overview
K. McCracken
1:35 PM Fertility Preservation Options for Pediatric and Adolescent Patients
K. McCracken
2:00 PM Fertility Preservation Counseling and Risk Stratification
S. Chan
2:25 PM Fertility Sparing Options for Patients with Cervical Cancer
P. Lim
2:50 PM Fertility Sparing Options for Patients with Ovarian Tumors
E. Barber
3:15 PM Discussion Questions & Answers
3:30 PM Adjourn