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Tomorrow: Virtual Grands Rounds Covers Hormones and Cancer

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Categories: Blog, General
Tomorrow, June 27th, we are excited to be hosting Catherine Stika, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, for our Virtual Grand Rounds (VGR) at 10 AM CDT, entitled, “Hormonal impact of cancer treatment and management of hormonal symptoms…
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Get Empowered, A New Video Series for Childhood Cancer Survivors

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Education, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Cancer survivorship starts at the time of disease diagnosis and continues throughout the rest of the patient’s life. Many survivors experience physical, emotional and day-to-day challenges after cancer treatment is done making survivorship a life-long journey. As a result, the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center…
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New Study Aims to Better Understand the Cause of “Chemo Brain”

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Below is a guest post by Anthony J. Ryals, PhD, discussing a new study underway at Northwestern University looking at the effect chemotherapy and hormone depletion have on memory and cognition in cancer survivors.  By Anthony J. Ryals, PhD Prior research has indicated that up to…
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TOMORROW: Virtual Grand Rounds Talks Sexuality After Cancer

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tomorrow, June 13th, we are excited to be hosting Kamaljeet Murthy, MD, Instructor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, for our Virtual Grand Rounds (VGR) at 10 AM CDT, entitled, “Sexual Side Effects from the Treatment of Gynecologic Cancer.” Treatment for…
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California Bill AB 912, Mandated Fertility Preservation, Moves On to the Senate

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
On Wednesday, May 29th, the California Assembly passed Bill AB 912. On July 10th, it will be addressed by the California Senate Health Committee. For those of you who are unfamiliar with California Bill AB 912, it is a bill that would require a health…
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Registration is Now OPEN for the 2013 Oncofertility Conference, September 9 & 10

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Conferences, Education, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, science
We have exciting news to share – registration for the 7th annual Oncofertility Conference: Cancer and Fertility Around the Globe is now open! Please visit the conference webpage to view the agenda, speaker biographies,  submit an abstract (submissions closed) for the poster session, and to…
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The Annual National Women’s Survivors Convention – August 22-24, 2013!

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
There are nearly 7 million women survivors in the United States, 54.7% of all cancer survivors. These facts highlight the need to move survivorship education into the forefront of the conversation about cancer and thus, the Women Survivors Alliance (WSA) was born – created by…
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Join Us for the 20th Annual Cancer Survivors’ Celebration & Walk on June 2nd!

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research
Cancer survivors, their families and friends, and the Northwestern community that supports them
, will come together on National Cancer Survivors Day, June 2nd, to walk and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center’s signature event, the Annual Cancer Survivors’ Celebration &…
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Celebrating National Women’s Health Week

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Categories: Blog, General
This week is National Women’s Health Week. In honor of this important health awareness week, the Women’s Health Research Institute recently hosted the third annual Celebrating National Women’s Health Week event at Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago, IL. Activities included keynote speaker, Holly Herrington, MS, RD, LDN,…
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A Day in the Life of the Woodruff Enterprise

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Categories: Blog, Education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research, science
by Megan Carlson, Guest Blogger for the Oncofertility Consortium My name is Megan, and I will be your guest blogger for today. I’m a journalism graduate student who had the great pleasure of shadowing Dr. Teresa Woodruff Tuesday as part of my health and science…
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OMG2013 Cancer Summit Follow-Up: Talking Fertility

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Many of you may already know about the widely popular organization, Stupid Cancer, but for those of you who are new to our blog, Stupid Cancer is the nation’s largest support community for young adult survivors of cancer. They support a global network of survivors,…
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Q&A With Clarisa Gracia: A Follow Up to “Case Studies in Oncofertility”

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, CME, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
In April, the Oncofertility Consortium hosted a Virtual Grand Rounds with Clarisa Gracia, MD, MSCE, entitled, “Case Studies in Oncofertility,” in which she discussed five theoretical young cancer patients and how oncofertility could be incorporated into their medical care. These patients included pediatric girls, adolescents,…
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2013 National Infertility Awareness Week: April 21st-27th

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Categories: Blog, Education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Did you know that this week is National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW)? NIAW is a movement that began in 1989 to raise awareness about the disease of infertility and encourage the public to understand their reproductive health. RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association founded this movement…
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TOMORROW: Virtual Grand Rounds with Dana Gossett, MD

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Categories: Blog, General
Tomorrow, April 25th, we are excited to be hosting Dana Gossett, MD, Chief of the Division of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, for our Virtual Grand Rounds (VGR) at 2 PM CDT. Please take note that her presentation entitled, “Management of…
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New Research Suggests No Link Between Ovarian Cancer and Fertility Drugs

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Since the 1990s, researchers have published conflicting results about the connection between cancer risk and fertility drugs. As a result, there has been a lingering concern among women that using fertility drugs may increase their risk for later developing hormone receptor positive cancers. Hormone receptor…
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2013 National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, April 15th-21st

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Categories: Blog, General
Next week in the United States is designated as National Minority Cancer Awareness Week. While cancer affects men and women of every age, race, ethnic background, and economic class, the disease has a disproportionately severe impact on minorities and the economically disadvantaged. National Minority Cancer…
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Tomorrow’s Virtual Grand Rounds: Case Studies in Oncofertility

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Categories: Blog, General
Tomorrow, April 11th, we are excited to be hosting Clarisa Gracia, MD, MSCE, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania, for our Virtual Grand Rounds at 10 AM CDT. Her presentation entitled, Case Studies in Oncofertility, will analze indviduals who have…
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California Bill AB 912: Mandated Fertility Preservation Coverage

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Wouldn’t it be great if insurance companies were required to provide coverage for medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a medical treatment may directly or indirectly cause infertility to an enrollee or insured? California Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva, thinks so too and recently…
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New Chemo Drug Gentler on Fertility, Tougher on Cancer

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility
By Marla Paul A new gentler chemotherapy drug in the form of nanoparticles has been designed by Northwestern Medicine® scientists to be less toxic to a young woman’s fertility but extra tough on cancer. This is the first cancer drug tested while in development for…
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Introducing Cancer Survivorship Training for Healthcare Professionals

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
There are an estimated 13 million cancer survivors living in the US today, with projected growth to 18 million by 2020. As a result, many healthcare groups and cancer centers are not equipped to address their growing survivor populations. Stemming from this need for quality…
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Recent Advances in Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Research, science
By Danielle Alyce Fanslow, Francesca Duncan, and Kate Timmerman There are several methods of fertility preservation open to female cancer patients who wish to start a family after treatment including cryopreservation of oocytes, embryos and ovarian tissue. Cryopreservation is a method of preserving biological material by…
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Fertility, Cancer, and Egg Donation: One Survivor’s Story

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Categories: Blog, General
Alice Crisci, founder of Fertile Action, and contributing author to the fourth upcoming Oncofertility book, Oncofertility Communication: Sharing Information and Building Relationships across Disciplines, has been in the news recently for her vocal opposition to a California bill that prohibits women from getting paid for donating their…
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