Oncology session-4: Breast cancer in young women: addressing unique age-related challenges
Tracks
Track 4
Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
11:00 - 12:30 |
Details
ORGANIZERS
ESCI Council: Federico Carbone and Leonilde Bonfrate
ESCI YRC: Deeksha Malhan
Invited Organizer(s): Matteo Lambertini, Gabriele Zoppoli and Michele Cea
Speaker
Matteo Lambertini
University of Genova
Title is pending
11:00 - 11:30Biography
Matteo Lambertini is associate professor and consultant in medical oncology at the University of Genova – IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino in Genova (Italy).
He is mainly focused in the care of breast cancer patients and is deeply involved in breast cancer research.
Above all, he has a particular expertise in the management of breast cancer in young women, with a specific attention to the fertility and pregnancy-related issues that they have to face after diagnosis.
Isabelle Demeestere
Professor
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Title is pending
11:30 - 12:00Biography
Isabelle Demeestere, is a gynaecologist at the fertility Clinic at HUB-Erasme Hospital (Brussels, Belgium), Director of the Research Laboratory on Human Reproduction at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) and senior researcher at the FNRS. She earned a PhD in fertility preservation in 2005 and completed her scientific training at McGill University, Canada. She was among the earliest innovators in fertility preservation field and is responsible for the oncofertility at HUB-Erasme Hospital. She currently coordinates the fertility preservation Special Interest Group for ESHRE (SIG-European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology), and she was the past president of the BSRM (Belgian Society of Reproductive Medicine). She has contributed to several international guidelines, is author and co-author of several publications in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters and is currently associate editor for Molecular Human Reproduction Journal
Chair
Matteo Lambertini
University of Genova
Gabriele Zoppoli
