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Survivors: A New Magazine for Breast Cancer Survivors

By: Oncofertility Admin -
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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Launch of the 2012 Oncofertility Saturday Academies

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Education, fertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: education, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, Oregon OSA, OSA
It is only January and already the Oncofertility Saturday Academies (OSA) are off to a busy start. Last weekend, Mary Zelinski, PhD, who heads one of the Oncofertility Consortium’s research projects, launched this year’s Oregon academy at the Oregon Primate Research Center (ONPRC). A group…
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Cancer Smashers Visit the Woodruff Lab at Northwestern University’s Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center!

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Cancer Smashers, education, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, OSA, Research, Woodruff Lab
In case you haven’t heard about the Cancer Smashers, you must continue reading and get to know this fantastic group of young people banning together to raise money to eradicate cancer. Let me begin by telling you who they are and what they’re all about.…
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Astrue v. Capato: The Supreme Court Covers Oncofertility

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, In the news
Tags: Fertility Preservation, legal, Lisa Campo-Engelstein, Personal stories, Sperm Banking
This March, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about its first case on oncofertility. The case involves the Capato couple, a husband and wife from Florida who dealt with Mr. Capato’s diagnosis of esophageal cancer.  Prior to beginning cancer treatment, the Capato’s…
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Grand Rounds at the University of Illinois at Chicago: Legal and Ethical Implications of Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, ethics, Fertility Preservation, Grand Rounds, Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron, legal, Oncofertility, social science, UIC, University of Illinois at Chicago
In the next few weeks, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) will be hosting an exciting new Grand Rounds session with Oncofertility Consortium  member, Dr. Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron, as the guest speaker.  “Legal and Ethical Implications of Fertility Preservation: A Case Based Approach,” will take…
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Training the Next Generation in Oncofertility: Part 3

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, clinical research, education, Fertility Preservation, Laxmi Kondapalli, Oncofertility, University of Colorado, University of Pennsylvania
From left: Irene Su, Laxmi Kondapalli and Maureen Prewitt This is the final installment in a 3-part blog series featuring Oncofertility Consortium member, Laxmi Kondapalli, MD, MSCE.  In this post, we take a look at her current position at the University of Colorado and her…
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Factors Affecting Fertility Preservation: A New Study

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: breast cancer, clinical research, Fertility and Sterility, Fertility Preservation
A recent paper by Oncofertility Consortium trainee, Jayeon Kim, MD, indicates that certain women are more likely to undergo fertility preservation prior to cancer treatment than others. The authors, Jayeon Kim, Kutluk Oktay, Clarisa Gracia, Sanghoon Lee, Christopher Morse, and Jennifer E. Mersereau, found that…
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Training the Next Generation in Oncofertility: Part I

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, clinical research, education, Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Laxmi Kondapalli, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, ovarian biology, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Research, Techniques, University of Colorado, Woodruff Lab
Laxmi Kondapalli being interviewed by Dayle Cedars from Channel 7 news in Denver One of the many, if not one of the most, important aims of the Oncofertility Consortium and its emphasis on fertility preservation research and clinical care, is “training the next generation.” Not…
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The Role of OB/GYN in Comprehensive Cancer Care

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Advocate, Betty Kong, cancer, clinical research, education, Fertility Preservation, Gynecologist, infertility, Northwestern University, Obstetrician, Oncofertility, patient navigation, publication, Robin Skory, teresa k woodruff, Woodruff Lab
What is the role of an obstetrician/gynecologist in cancer care for young women? When you think about cancer and cancer treatment, most likely you’re thinking of oncology and what line of defense will be taken against the cancer. A new article in Clinical Obstetrics and…
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Giuliana Rancic, Infertility Treatments, and Breast Cancer

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, In the news, Research
Tags: BRCA, cancer, publication
A few days ago, we posted a blog about Giuliana Rancic’s personal experiences this year, first with infertility treatments, and then with a breast cancer diagnosis. Her story caused people to ask if her infertility treatments were related to her breast cancer diagnosis. Simultaneously, this…
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