Fertility Preservation in Gynaecologic Cancer
Mission Statement
The Task Force promotes knowledge among health care workers and the public on infertility induced by treatment of gynaecologic cancers through national and international collaboration among Oncologists, Reproductive Specialists, and Allied Health Workers to promote research, education and to develop new strategies of fertility preservation.
Objectives
The Task Force’s initial objectives will focus on fertility preservation in all gynaecologic cancers in which fertility preserving techniques should be offered to the patients. As a cooperating counterpart to the frequently used techniques of reproductive medicine (e.g. cryopreservation of ovarian tissue and oocytes), this task force will mainly focus on the feasibility and safety of fertility preserving techniques, including e.g. conservative medical management of endometrial cancer as well as surgical procedures maintaining fertility (e.g. trachelectomy in cervical cancer).
Activities
The main activities within the next two years are establishing networks and cooperation with regional and supra-regional groups in order to increase public awareness, and optimisation of fertility preserving techniques by evaluation of the current available evidence and consecutively establishing evidence based guidelines accordingly. A special session on Fertility Preservation is planned during the ESGO16 congress 2009 (click here for details)
Task Force Working Group
Chair
Dominik Denschlag, Freiburg, Germany
Members
Vesna Kesic, Serbia
Nicholas Reed, UK
Alexandros Rodolakis, Greece
Philipe Morice, France
All ESGO members with a special interest in Fertility preservation are cordially invited to register by
clicking here
TF working group contact: dominik.denschlag@uniklinik-freiburg.de
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