#KateStern puts out a call to action for: 1. Protecting the ovary from treatment 2. improving in vitro maturation of eggs 3. reduce risk of tumor transmission in grafting 4. Sperm maturation from tissue 5. Using stem cells to make gametes #ARU2019@thewomens#oncofertility
#QinyingLan presenting her work on priorities in #menopause after #cancer#researchweek@thewomens - key msg: women survivors have many long term symptoms after cancer, many young women are presenting at #MSAC, top priority hot flashes & night sweats @DrJenMarinoAus #emPoWeRUnit
Since we want to dvt a personalised infertility calculator (#FoRECAsT) that ppl will use @ZobaidaEdib has interviewed pts & clinicians to identify the barriers & facilitators. key msg: all liked idea, pts unhappy w current disc, clinician responsibility unclear #emPoWeRUnit
And that’s a wrap #COSA19 - great program, had fun presenting (yep, finally reached the point where I enjoy it), got great feedback about #emPoWeRUnit research (& so did @ZobaidaEdib), caught up with some amazing people, made new friends, won a best of the best, & came home to:
Exciting work with the development of an infertility risk prediction tool, building a model from 24,685 records, sourced from 27 collaborators for young #breastcancer patients. @unimelb@thewomens#VCCCPsychOnc19