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Exploring Your Family Planning Options Through Assisted Reproduction as a Cancer Previvor or Survivor
April 25, 2016
Hear from FORCE Medical Board Advisor & RMA of New York reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist Matthew Lederman, MD as he explains how inherited mutations impacts people's fertility and their ability to conceive pre and post-chemotherapy or radiation treatment. He will discuss fertility preservation options available to BRCA1/2 carriers and previvors through use of modern reproductive technologies such as egg and embryo freezing, and will also describe how to navigate the family building process using the latest IVF technologies such as preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) which enables physicians to implant embryos free of hereditary mutations.
Who Should Attend?
- People diagnosed with breast cancer who wish to become pregnant after treatment
- People facing fertility challenges
- People considering risk-reducing removal of their ovaries and tubes who wish to explore fertilty options before surgery