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Year: 2011

Examining Cancer, Fertility, Sexuality, and Gender – A Study

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Egg Banking, Embryo Banking, fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, LGBT, Northwestern University, social science, Sperm Banking
By Maya M. Harper, M.A. Every year, 70,000 adolescents and young adults (AYAs) between the ages of 15-40 are diagnosed with cancer. They may experience this diagnosis as a devastating twist of fate that has the potential for derailing their life from its current track.…
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Bright Pink and the Oncofertility Consortium Partner Up for Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, breast cancer, Bright Pink, cancer, cryopreservation, education, Egg Banking, Embryo Banking, Fertility Preservation, oophorectomy, ovarian cancer, Surrogacy, teresa k woodruff
Earlier this year, I blogged about a young woman and volunteer with Bright Pink, Kristin Nelson, who had preventative ovarian removal after she tested positive for BRCA1. BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are a class of genes otherwise known as tumor suppressors,
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Cancer Support Community: Improving the Standard of Care for Breast Cancer Survivors

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, General, In the news
Tags: Advocate, breast cancer, Cancer Support Community, education, Gilda's Club, Research, social science, The Wellness Community
The Cancer Support Community (CSC) was formed in 2009 by the the Wellness Community and Gilda’s Club.  Together, they offer both psychological and social support to individuals living with cancer.  CSC is committed to behavioral, psychosocial and survivorship research and training in an effort to…
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The History of Reproduction and Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation
Tags: Fertility Preservation, history of reproduction, infertility, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Sarah Rodriguez, Woodruff Lab
I recently sat in on a new fall course offering at Northwestern University, the History of Reproduction, taught by Sarah Rodriguez, PhD. Over the last few years, Sarah has contributed her historical expertise to the Oncofertility Consortium, ensuring that the Consortium receives a healthy dose…
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Fertile Action and Alice Crisci: Partners in Disseminating Oncofertility Research

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, fertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Fertility Preservation, Personal stories
The scientists and researchers within the Oncofertility Consortium spend a significant amount of time and effort studying the biological, psychological, and societal aspects of cancer and fertility. Many of the discoveries we make here have the capacity to transform clinical oncology care, reproductive health care…
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READ ALL ABOUT IT!! BE WiSE and the Future of Oncofertility

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Categories: Blog, General
There’s no doubt you have seen some of our past blog posts, extolling the many virtues of the Oncofertility Saturday Academy (OSA).  It’s all about getting young women interested in science and giving them an opportunity to see, firsthand, how impactful science can be by…
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Cancer and Careers: Education Series for Healthcare Professionals

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Categories: Blog, General, In the news
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Cancer and Careers, ethics, insurance, Joanna L. Morales, Julie Jansen, Laura Mosiello, legal, quality of life, teleconference, webinar
Cancer and Careers is an organization dedicated to empowering and educating people with cancer to thrive in their workplace by providing expert advice, interactive tools and educational events. Through their comprehensive website, free publications, career coaching, and a series of support groups and educational seminars…
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Non-Surgical Interventions for Female Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Research
Tags: cancer, Fertility Preservation, Research, rhesus
Baby rhesus monkey born during Dr. Zelinski’s study Over the past decade, women who are about to undergo sterilizing medical treatments have seen a dramatic increase in the number and success rates of methods to preserve their fertility. Women can now cryopreserve their ovarian tissue,…
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Fertility Preservation Goes Italian!

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Introductions, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Dormant Buds, education, Egg Banking, Embryo Banking, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Italian, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Sperm Banking
At the Oncofertility Consortium, we are always trying to make sure that we have the most up-to-date and accessible information regarding fertility preservation, particularly for patients. Whether we are partnering with advocacy groups to let patients know about support services available to them or we…
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Playboy, Cancer, and Fertility Preservation: Which One of These is Not Like the Other?

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, clinical research, cryopreservation, education, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Playboy, Sperm Banking
At the Oncofertility Consortium, it’s no secret that we believe in the importance of fertility preservation for young cancer patients – it’s what we’re all about. Research, education, advocacy, clinical care, you name it, we’re on top of it and constantly looking for ways we…
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Improving Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis

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Categories: Blog, General, Research
Tags: cancer, clinical research, Current Oncology, publication
The journal, Current Oncology, recently published two articles on opposite ends of the cancer timeline-diagnosis and survival. The first article, “Health care strategies to promote earlier presentation of symptomatic breast cancer: perspectives of women and family physicians,” focuses on the problem that 20%–30% of women…
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Cancer Rights Conference Series: October 21st in Ann Arbor, MI

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Cancer Rights Conference, CLRC, Conference, education, Fertility Preservation, insurance, legal, Oncofertility
This past year, the Oncofertility Consortium partnered up with the Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC) for their Cancer Rights Conference series, which just wrapped up the second installment in the three-part series in Washington D.C. Now, believe it or not, the final installment of the conference series…
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Oct 1st: AWARE for All – Chicago Clinical Research Education Day

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Categories: Blog, General, In the news, Research
Tags: AWARE for All, clinical research, education, FIRST Registry, Institute for Women's Health Research, Northwestern University
So let’s talk about clinical trials. Has anyone out there ever participated in one or know of someone who has? Have you ever thought about participating in one, but held back because you didn’t have enough information about what it would entail?  A lot of…
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October 2nd: The Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Town Hall Meeting

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Meetings, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, BRCA, breast cancer, cancer, education, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, patient navigation
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes. This breaks down to a 12 percent, or 1 in 8, lifetime risk for women of developing breast cancer in the U.S. and right…
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Launch of the FIRST Registry on Fertility after Cancer


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The Oncofertility Consortium Is proud to annouce the launch of the FIRST Regsitry on fertility and reproductive health for women after cancer. We are recruiting female cancer patients and survivors who are within three years of their cancer diagnosis. Read more about how to participate…
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2011 Oncofertility Consortium Conference: High School Students Attend First Scientific Meeting

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Conference, Northwestern University, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
The 2011 Oncofertility Consortium Conference incorporated many new activities and attendees. One new special group of attendees were high school students from the Oncofertility Saturday Academy, the informal science outreach program run by the investigators of the Oncofertility Consortium around the country. A new scientists…
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Documentary Highlights First 5 Years of Oncofertility


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The documentary, “A Roadmap for the Future: Inquiry, Discourse, and Innovation in the Oncofertility Consortium,” has been released to the public. The short film first premiered at the Gala dinner of the 2011 Oncofertility Consortium Conference last Monday and includes interviews with clinicians and researchers…
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