For health-care professionals

In addition to direct patient care, the PYNK team’s expertise and experience with younger patients can be a worthwhile resource for other health-care professionals who work with young women with breast cancer. This page includes presentations and papers designed to be of interest to our colleagues.

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PYNK Continuing Medical Education event, spring 2021 (videos)

• Breast cancer genetics update
  Dr. Andrea Eisen, MD FRCPC, Medical Oncologist, Head Familial Cancer Program, Odette Cancer Centre

• Fertility preservation in young females with breast cancer
  Dr. Karen Glass, MD, FRCS(C), Director of Fertility Preservation, CReATe Fertility Centre, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

• Let's talk about it: Discussions with young women about menopause
  Christel Helwig, RN, PYNK Nurse Navigator 2010-2022

• An update on endocrine therapy in young women with breast cancer
  Dr. Anthony Lott (STIR), FRCPC, Medical Oncologist, Odette Cancer Centre

PYNK at 12 years (video)

Presentation by Dr. Ellen Warner about starting the PYNK program, accomplishments and challenges. November 2020.

Publications

• Ali A, Warner E. PYNK: Breast Cancer Program for Young Women. Current Oncology, 20(1):34-39, 2013.
• K. J. Jerzak and K. I. Pritchard – Ovarian suppression in premenopausal women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Implications of the 2016 ASCO Guideline for Clinical Practice.
• Ellen Warner, Karen Glass, Shu Foong and Emily Sandwith, Update on fertility preservation for younger women with breast cancer, CMAJ August 31, 2020 192 (35) E1003-E1009
• Julia Hamer and Ellen Warner, Lifestyle modifications for patients with breast cancer to improve prognosis and optimize overall health, CMAJ February 21, 2017 189 (7) EW268-E274

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