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Dr. Ellen Greenblatt: Female Fertility Concerns for Survivors

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Kelly Zorzi

Dr. Ellen Greenblatt: Female Fertility Concerns for Survivors

It is crucial for childhood cancer patients to remember that life does go on after cancer. Understandably, fertility is an important aspect of that. Cancer treatments, however, can jeopardize reproductive health, most notably due to certain chemotherapy agents, particularly the class called alkylating agents that can kill off eggs in women and sperm in men. Radiation treatment to the pelvis can also affect ovarian function or the ability for the uterus to carry a pregnancy.

Despite such concerns, Dr. Greenblatt assures young survivors that there are many therapies that are less toxic and that pregnancy after cancer is not associated with a higher risk of abnormalities in children. She recommends visiting a reproductive endocrinologist and infertility centre if you have undergone treatment yourself. While such measures are recommended, Dr. Greenblatt provides a healthy reminder: all women, not only survivors, must think of family planning as planning their family rather than leaving it up to chance.

Ellen Greenblatt, MD, FRCSC is the Medical Director for the Centre for Fertility and Reproductive Health at the Mount Sinai Hospital and Associate Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto. She spoke at POGO’s 2013 Survivor Conference: Life after Childhood Cancer. 

Straight Talk about Childhood Cancer is POGO’s new series of video shorts featuring the insights of experts whose leading-edge work impacts the care, treatment and quality of life of childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families.

Posted in 2013 Survivor Conference, Education for Survivors, Straight Talk Videos | Tagged 2013 Survivor Conference, childhood cancer survivors, Dr. Ellen Greenblatt, female fertility preservation, fertility, late effects, survivorship

Fertility Preservation in Children and Adolescents with Lymphoma – Clinical Options and Psychological Considerations

Posted on January 2, 2015 by admin


Presentation Description: 
Fertility issues are common in children and adolescents with lymphoma and often present clinical and psychological challenges that deeply affect not only patients, but the healthcare teams that care for them. This panel presentation  provided an overview of the clinical options available for both males and females with regards to fertility preservation, as well as an examination of the psychological implications of compromised fertility and subsequent preservation efforts.

Speakers (in presentation order):

Michael Neal, BSc(Hon), MSc
Scientific Director
ONE Fertility, Hamilton

Armando Lorenzo, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FAAP, FACS
Pediatric Urologist, Division of Urology, Hospital for Sick Children
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Co-Director, Fertility Preservation Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Abha Gupta, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Staff Oncologist, Solid Tumour Program; Co-Medical Director, Fertility Preservation Program, Hospital for Sick Children
Staff Oncologist, Sarcoma Program; Medical Director, Adolescent and Young Adult Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Associate Director, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto

Contributing panelist:

Anne Marie Maloney, MSN, NP-Pediatrics, CPHON
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Fertility Preservation Program
Nurse Practitioner, Hematology and Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Posted in 2014 Symposium, Education for Health Professionals | Tagged 2014 Symposium, female fertility preservation, fertility, male fertility preservation

Workshop C – Priming Your Toolkit: Practical Strategies to Manage Fertility Preservation in Children and Adolescents with Lymphoma

Posted on January 2, 2015 by admin


Presentation Description: 
This hands-on workshop delved into attendees’ most pressing questions about how best to manage the physical, psychological and familial communication elements of fertility concerns in their patients. Led by an Oncologist, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Urologist and the Scientific Director of one of Ontario’s best known fertility clinics, no stone was left unturned in this interactive exploration of fertility preservation.

Speakers:
Anne Marie Maloney, MSN, NP-Pediatrics, CPHON
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Fertility Preservation Program
Nurse Practitioner, Hematology and Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Abha Gupta, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Staff Oncologist, Solid Tumour Program; Co-Medical Director, Fertility Preservation Program, Hospital for Sick Children
Staff Oncologist, Sarcoma Program; Medical Director, Adolescent and Young Adult Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre                                                                                                                                    Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto

Armando Lorenzo, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FAAP, FACS
Pediatric Urologist, Division of Urology, Hospital for Sick Children
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Co-Director, Fertility Preservation Program, Hospital for Sick Children

Michael Neal, BSc(Hon), MSc
Scientific Director
ONE Fertility, Hamilton, ON

Posted in 2014 Symposium, Education for Health Professionals | Tagged 2014 Symposium, female fertility preservation, fertility, lymphoma, male fertility preservation

Preserving Fertility, Preserving Hope: Options for Children Facing Cancer Therapy – and Those who have Survived

Posted on February 7, 2013 by admin

Presentation Description: This presentation explores fertility preservation options for pediatric patients and associated challenges. For those who have not achieved sexual maturity, a potential option is vitrification of ovarian or testicular tissue in the hope that future laboratory science will be able to rescue and mature the immature gametes contained in the biopsied materials. For those who have achieved sexual maturity, the options are experimental but there is clinical experience. Finally, for those who missed fertility preservation but have viable gametes, premature reproductive senescence remains the principle concern.

Speaker:

Arthur Leader, BA, MD, FRCSC
Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Medicine
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Posted in 2012 AfterCare Education Day, Education for Health Professionals | Tagged 2012 AfterCare Education Day, AfterCare, female fertility preservation, male fertility preservation, survivorship

The Ethics of Female Fertility Preservation

Posted on January 31, 2013 by admin

Presentation Description:  Fertility preservation for female pediatric oncology patients is an issue of critical importance, but one that is fraught with ethical challenges.  Since decisions regarding fertility preservation must ideally be made before treatment begins, parents, physicians, and patients are required to make complex decisions in a short amount of time under extreme stress.  This session discussed both the ethics of preventing pediatric patients from becoming infertile in the first place, as well as ethical considerations related to survivors who are at high-risk of infertility.

Panel:

Karen Glass, MD, FRCSC, FACOG
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & Women’s College Hospital, CReATeIVF Centre
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Ellen M. Greenblatt, MD, FRCSC; FACOG (REI)
Medical Director, Centre for Fertility and Reproductive health, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Randi Zlotnik-Shaul, JD, LLM, PhD
Director of Bioethics, The Hospital for Sick Children
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto

Posted in 2012 Symposium, Education for Health Professionals | Tagged adolescents, AYA, ethics, female fertility preservation, infertility, survivors, survivorship

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