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Fertility Preservation and African American Breast Cancer Patients

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: breast cancer, cancer, education, Egg Banking, Embryo Banking, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Gwendolyn Quinn, infertility, Oncofertility, publication, quality of life, Research
As previous studies have shown, women diagnosed with cancer during their reproductive years often do not receive adequate consultation, and sometimes none at all, regarding the fertility risks of cancer or its treatment.  Fertility is a unique survivorship issue that young cancer patients face, which…
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Get EmPOWERed: Life After Cancer for Adolescent & Young Adult Survivors

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, Education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, AYA, cancer, Fertility Preservation, Kristin Smith, LaSalle Power Company, patient navigation, Personal stories, quality of life, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
What does empowerment mean to you? Does it mean giving someone the authority or power to do something… because that’s what you’ll find if you look it up?  The word is not a new one – it originated around the 17th century and the meaning…
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Oncofertility 101 and FertiPROTEKT: Fertility Preservation Across the Globe

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, General, Research
Tags: FertiPROTEKT, Oncofertility 101
Students and scientist-organizers of the March 12th Oncofertility 101 course Last week, the Oncofertility Consortium hosted its second Oncofertility 101 course. In this laboratory-based course, organized by Francesca Duncan, PhD, and Jennifer Pahnke, MS, researchers learn the methods to study ovarian follicle growth in an…
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Fertility, Premature Menopause and Quality of Life Concerns in Breast Cancer Patients

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: breast cancer, cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Oncofertility, publication, quality of life, Research, social science
Breast cancer is the number one cancer women are diagnosed with; however, the survival rate for young women diagnosed with cancer in its early stages has improved considerably over the last 20 years.  Today, many young women diagnosed with breast cancer can expect long-term survival,…
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Cancer Connections 2012: Treatment for the Mind, Body & Spirit

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, Education
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Cancer Connections, education, Northwestern University, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
In 2007, the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern began a program called Cancer Connections. Cancer Connections was a monthly event held for individuals affected by a cancer diagnosis, to learn about services, meet advocacy groups and get the tools needed to manage…
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Teresa K Woodruff, PhD: President Elect of the Endocrine Society

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, Endocrine Society, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, teresa k woodruff
Please join us in congratulating Teresa Woodruff, PhD, Director of the Oncofertility Consortium and Thomas J. Watkins Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, on her election to the presidency of The Endocrine Society.  The Endocrine Society was…
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The Gynecologist and the Fertility Preservation Continuum

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Education, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Gynecologist, Oncofertility, publication, Research
A cancer diagnosis can be daunting to put it mildly, but add to that potentially sterilizing chemotherapy and radiation regimes and a young cancer patient faces a future of uncertainty in terms of their fertility. Fertility preservation is an option which should be discussed with…
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Ovarian Tissue Induces Puberty After Stem-Cell Transplantation

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Research
Tags: Fertility Preservation, lancet, publication
We often discuss the many ways young people can preserve their fertility prior to undergoing medical procedures that may leave them sterile. One of these fertility preservation options, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, or freezing, has recently been reported in the Lancet medical journal, to also successfully…
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2012 Chicago Oncofertility Saturday Academy at Northwestern University is Another Great Success!

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Education, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, clinical research, education, ethics, Fertility Preservation, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA, Young Womens Leadership
By Nadia Johnson, Co-Director of the Oncofertility Saturday Academy On Saturday, February 18th, 31 high school girls hailing from six different local Chicago high schools celebrated the culmination of the sixth annual Oncofertility Saturday Academy (OSA) with a family day and graduation event. OSA is…
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Oregon Science Academy Graduates with Honors in Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Education, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: cancer, education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA
It’s only March and two of the Oncofertility Saturday Academies (OSA) have already completed their graduation ceremonies. With this newest class, the Oncofertility Saturday Academies have educated more than 240 students across the US. Last weekend, Mary Zelinski, PhD, who heads one of the Oncofertility Consortium‘s research…
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Increased awareness could save fertility of cancer patients

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, fertility, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, Medill, Oncofertility
The Oncofertility Consortium recently hosted a group of masters students from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Over the next few weeks, they will be contributing their perspectives to the Oncofertility Blog. Here is one of their stories. _________________ By Zara Husaini- When…
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Survivors: A New Magazine for Breast Cancer Survivors

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness Body Painting Project, cancer, cancer survivorship, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Personal stories, publication, quality of life
As we have covered in past blogs,  young people account for about 10% of all cancer patients.  As science, research and advocacy evolve, more young people are SURVIVING cancer and going on to lead healthy and productive lives. Nonetheless, young cancer survivors are in a…
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John Green’s “Fault in Our Stars” and AYA Cancer in the Media

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, fertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Fertility Preservation, John Green, Personal stories, publication, quality of life, The Fault in Our Stars
For all those young adult readers out there and even for those who are in no way eligible for that category anymore, John Green has just released his 4th fiction book, The Fault in Our Stars, starring two, young cancer stricken protagonists. Though the topic…
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Oncofertility Consortium at Northwestern University Pioneers Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, Dr. Julian Schink, Fertility Preservation, Kristin Smith, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, publication, Research, social science, Techniques
Fertility sparing procedures which were once infrequent and under utilized, are now more commonly performed in young men and women facing a cancer diagnosis. A recent article in the February issue of the American College of Surgeons Bulletin, entitled Gynecologic Oncology Surgeons Spare Patients’ Fertility,…
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Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation: Jog for Jill

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, In the news, Research
Tags: Advocate, cancer, clinical research, Jog for Jill, lung cancer, Personal stories, quality of life
Those of you in the cancer community may have heard the name Jill Costello before. We first learned about her through her best friend and cancer advocate, Darby Anderson, on an impromptu visit to the Oncofertility Consortium. Jill has been featured on ESPN, written about…
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February is National Cancer Prevention Month

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, Education, General
Tags: breast cancer, cancer, cancer screening, education, National Cancer Prevention Month, ovarian cancer, quality of life, Research, skin cancer
Every month there is some sort of health observance serving as a reminder to people that care should be taken with our bodies, our health and our well-being. We’ve only got one shot at this so we better make the most of it, right?!  This…
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Registration Open for Oncofertility Education Program at UPenn in Philadelphia

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Education, fertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: education, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, PARS, UPenn
Ever wonder what an embryo looks like as it develops? How one sperm “beats out” all of the others to fertilize an egg? What about the steps needed to become a researcher who studies these processes? Join the Oncofertility Saturday Academy at the Penn Academy…
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Cancer & Fertility Preservation: How I Lost My Uterus and Found My Voice

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, Education, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, cryopreservation, Embryo Banking, Fertility Preservation, infertility, John Hopkins, Michelle Whitlock, ob/gyne, Oncofertility, Personal stories, quality of life, radical vaginal trachelectomy, Surrogacy
A newly released memoir from cancer survivor, Michelle Whitlock, delves into her experiences with HPV, cervical cancer, fertility preservation and love in a book that you will read from start to finish in one sitting. How I Lost My Uterus and Found My Voice is an…
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A Formalized Fertility Preservation Program Improves Oncofertility Care: A New Study

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Research
Tags: Northwestern University, publication, Sperm Banking
A recent study was just published by oncofertility researchers examining the effect of establishing a formal fertility preservation program on the number of male cancer patents who received a fertility preservation consultation and pursued sperm cryopreservation. Established sperm cryopreservation has been available at Northwestern University…
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Fertility Preservation, Parenthood and Collaborative Care

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, clinical research, education, fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Irene Su, Oncofertility
A new journal article by Oncofertility Consortium members explores the fertility and parenthood concerns of adolescent and young adult (AYA) female cancer survivors and the various components that lead to their reproductive decisions. The qualitative study that begot this article aimed to provide additional insight…
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