> Healthcare Provider Webinar: Fertility and Family Building after a Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Fertility and family building after a breast cancer diagnosis

A healthcare provider webinar

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Receiving guidance on oncofertility-related decisions is essential for young women diagnosed with breast cancer. However, many patients report that they do not have the information they need to be proactive about this aspect of their care.

During this free webinar for healthcare providers, Terri Lynn Woodard, MD discusses the importance of assessing infertility risk in young women with breast cancer, options for fertility and family building, and strategies for supporting patients in their decision-making. You will also learn about access barriers and where you can find resources and tools to help you support your patients.

Dr. Woodard also discusses how COVID-19 is affecting oncofertility care and what it means for you and your patients.

Please note that nursing contact hours and social work continuing education credits are only available to people who participated in the live webinar on June 3, 2020.

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This program is presented by LBBC's Young Women's Initiative. Check out our new fertility decision-making tool for your patients.

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*CNE/CEU Information

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval #886556304-4262) for 1 continuing education contact hours.

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This webinar was supported by the Grant or Cooperative Agreement Number 1 NU58DP006672, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.

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About our speaker

Terri Lynn Woodard, MD

Director, MD Anderson Oncofertility Program Associate Professor, Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Associate Professor, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Baylor College of Medicine

Terri Lynn Woodard, MD, is an associate professor in the department of gynecologic oncology and reproductive medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and holds a joint appointment at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. In 2012, she started the MD Anderson Oncofertility Program, a unique service that provides comprehensive fertility care to people before and after cancer treatment.

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