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AYA Twitter Chat TODAY 12:30pm CST (#YACancer)

March 28, 2014
Brigid Martz Smith

Screen Shot 2014-03-28 at 9.32.40 AMRecently, Mashable featured Jenna Benn in a wonderful article: Wedding, Career, Chemo: When Cancer Derails the Millennial Dream.  Jenna Benn is a patient of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at and a wonderful friend and supporter of the Oncofertility Consortium.

Due to the interest and response to her article, Mashable has organized an Adolescent Young Adult Twitter chat today, March 28th from 12:30-1:30pm central time.  Please use hashtag is #YACancer when responding to any questions generated during the chat or re-tweeting to your followers.

Please join us TODAY at 12:30-1:30pm CST for the Mashable AYA Twitter chat about cancer and the millennial generation!  

 

 

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  • Advocate, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Patient Stories

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  • Advocate, AYA, cancer, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Personal stories, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Rest is History

March 25, 2014
Brigid Martz Smith

Today, we are honored to have another patient guest blogger; long-term survivor Colleen Cira.  Read through her incredible story below and join the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center this evening, March 25, from 5-8pm for "Drinks with Docs (& Healthcare Providers)" at Bridge House Tavern...

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  • Cancer, children, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Patient Stories

Night of Humor & Healing

March 21, 2014
Brigid Martz Smith

On April 9, 2014, the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center will host a “Night of Humor & Healing” for young adult cancer survivors ages 16-40 years old at the famed Second City Theater.  The evening will include dinner, drinks, networking, and a one-hour hilarious improv show followed by a...

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  • General

Evidence-Based Medicine in Oncofertility

March 19, 2014
Brigid Martz Smith

Educating Providers on Evidence-Based Medical Guidelines is a chapter of Oncofertility Communication: Sharing Information and Building Relationships across Disciplines where the authors, Lauren N.C. Johnson and Dr. Clarisa R. Gracia, outline previous medical paradigms and how they have changed to...

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  • Communication, Education, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research, Virtual Grand Rounds

Preserving Oocyte Reserve

March 17, 2014
Brigid Martz Smith

Today we welcome Dr. So-Youn Kim from Dr. Woodruff's Lab at Northwestern University as our guest blogger.  Dr. Kim will review a recent article published by Dr. John C. Schimenti in Science 2014.
ONE MORE STEP TOWARDS PRESERVING OOCYTE RESERVE
By: So-Youn Kim, PhD
According to a paper published by...

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  • Education, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research, science