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Learning to Bridge the Information Gap

Author image - Brigid Martz Smith By: Brigid Martz Smith -
Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: BRCA, breast cancer, cancer, education, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, teresa k woodruff
Information gaps are widely apparent in patient-physician relationships due to a multitude of factors.  Some patients are not interested or emotionally able to process information provided by the physician while certain physicians may not be comfortable discussing various options with their patients or feel that…
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Communicating Fertility to High-Risk Patients

Author image - Brigid Martz Smith By: Brigid Martz Smith -
Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: BRCA, breast cancer, cancer, Egg Banking, Embryo Banking, fertility, Fertility Preservation
Women who have a high risk of breast or ovarian cancer face a number of looming decisions; from whether or not to undergo prophylactic surgery, to electing increased surveillance, to taking risk-lowering medication.  Interwoven with these decisions is the implication each will have on fertility.…
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Sexual Health, Fertility, and Intimacy in Adolescent Cancer Patients

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Research
Tags: cancer, social science
Adolescent and young adult cancer patients face unique social, physical, and emotional experiences during diagnosis and treatment that may not occur in younger or older individuals. A recent chapter in the book, Oncofertility Communication: Sharing Information and Building Relationships across Disciplines, highlights some of these…
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Research Update: New Insights into use of Ovarian Tissue After Cryopreservation

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Research, science
Tags: ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Research
Two ovarian follicles at different stages of maturation (primary on the left, secondary on the right). Women with ovarian lesions, such as benign or malignant tumors, or those at high risk for breast or ovarian cancer now have additional evidence that can help them decide…
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Support The Family Act of 2013!

Author image - Brigid Martz Smith By: Brigid Martz Smith -
Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation
Tags: Advocate, Fertility Preservation, infertility, insurance
Imagine that you are diagnosed with cancer at 24.  On top of processing the enormity of your diagnosis at such a young age, you’re shuttled from one appointment to the next, coordinating your treatment plan in the quickest timeframe possible.  Today, treatment discussions are more…
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Research Update: First Live Human Birth From Vitrified Ovarian Tissue

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Research, science
Tags: cryopreservation, Research
The reproductive community took note recently with the publication of research stating that ovarian tissue cryopreserved using a technique called vitrification, has resulted in a live human birth. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation is an experimental fertility preservation technique that involves the surgical removal of an ovary,…
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President-Elect of the American Medical Association To Speak at the 2013 Oncofertility Conference

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, fertility, Oncofertility
Tags: 2013 Oncofertility Conference, cancer, Fertility Preservation, MD, Oncofertility, Robert M Wah
The Oncofertility Consortium is proud to announce that Robert M. Wah, MD, reproductive endocrinologist, ob-gyn, and president- elect of the American Medical Association (AMA), will be speaking at the 2013 Oncofertility Conference on the evening of September 9th. Dr. Wah practices and teaches at the…
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Tomorrow’s VGR: Psychological Aspects of Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, ethics, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, quality of life, social science
Tomorrow, August 8th, we are excited to be hosting Angela Lawson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, for our Virtual Grand Rounds (VGR) at 10 AM CDT, entitled, “Psychological Aspects of Fertility Preservation.”…
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Breast Cancer Genes Verdict a Triumph for Women

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, BRCA1, cancer, Fertility Preservation, legal, women's health research institute
Below is a guest post by Megan Castle, Program Coordinator for the Women’s Health Research Institute at Northwestern University.  By Megan Castle Geneticists, researchers, and patients joined in celebration over last [month’s] unanimous Supreme Court ruling involving the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, colloquially referred to…
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Support Young Adult Cancer Survivors in the 2nd Annual Chicago SUP YACS Classic!

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation
Tags: AYA, cancer, Chicago SUP YACS Classic, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
On July 27th, 2013, the hugely popular Chicago SUP YACS Classic (Stand Up Paddleboard for Young Adult Cancer Survivors), is holding their second annual event on Chicago’s north side at Montrose Beach. The SUP YACS Classic is a chance for everyone in the Chicagoland area…
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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
Tags: cancer, clinical research, Egg Banking, Embryo Banking, fertility, Fertility Preservation, oncofert13, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation
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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OMG2013 Cancer Summit Follow-Up: Talking Fertility

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, Egg Banking, Embryo Banking, Fertility Preservation, infertility, Laxmi Kondapalli, OMG!2013, Oncofertility, Sperm Banking, Stupid Cancer
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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New Research Suggests No Link Between Ovarian Cancer and Fertility Drugs

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, clinical research, Fertility and Sterility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, ovarian cancer, publication
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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Our Voice, Our Narrative, Our Twists on Cancer

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: Advocate, Brushes with Cancer, cancer, Egg Banking, Embryo Banking, Fertility Preservation, Jenna Benn, Oncofertility
Below is a guest post by Oncofertility Consortium favorite and cancer survivor extraordinaire, Jenna Benn. Jenna is a young adult Gray Zone Lymphoma survivor, who preserved her fertility prior to beginning her cancer treatment in 2011. In the excerpt below, she writes about her experience as a cancer survivor, and shares…
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New Study on Tamoxifen Suggests Longer Treatment for Some Women

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, fertility, General
Tags: breast cancer, cancer, clinical research, fertility
There are more than 400,000 female cancer survivors below age 40 in the United States today, due primarily to the relatively large number of young women who are diagnosed with, and beat, breast cancer. Approximately 70% of breast cancers are identified as estrogen receptor-positive (ER-positive),…
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Australian Fertility Preservation Specialists Report Successful Pregnancy from Cryopreserved Ovarian Tissue

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Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Research
Tags: Australia, IVF, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Research
By Yogesh Makanji In an Australian first, Monash IVF specialists reported achieving pregnancy in a 43-year-old woman after transplanting her cryopreserved ovarian tissue. Professor Gab Kovacs, Director of Monash IVF, Melbourne Australia, reported that his team had restored fertility in a woman by transplanting her…
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Introducing Oncofertility Online: A CME program for professionals

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, CME, Education, fertility
Tags: cancer, education
The oncofertility community aims to educate both oncology and reproductive specialists throughout the United States and across the globe. Over the past five years, the Oncofertility Consortium has done this through an annual conference and monthly Virtual Grand Rounds. This year, we’ve gone one step…
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Tomorrow: Receive Free CME Credits for Zsolt Peter Nagy, PhD– Vitrification: State Of The ART For Oocyte And Embryo Cryopreservation

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Categories: Blog, fertility
Tags: Fertility Preservation, virtual grand rounds
Tomorrow launches this year’s cadre of Virtual Grand Rounds for the Oncofertility Consortium. For those who are not aware of these special rounds, they are live videoconferences with experts in the fields of reproduction, cancer, and oncofertility. The rounds provide researchers, clinicians, and others the…
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First mother-to-daughter uterine transplants offer fertility hope for cancer survivors

By: Kai Orton, PhD -
Categories: Blog, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Research
Tags: cancer, Fertility Preservation, Research
After nearly ten years of research, a team of 20 doctors and specialists at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, have performed the first mother-to-daughter uterine transplants in two Swedish women. The two women, both in their 30s, received new wombs donated by their mothers…
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Educational Credits Offered Through Live Streaming of 2012 Oncofertility Conference

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Conferences, fertility, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: Conference
The 2012 Oncofertility Conference: Dialogues in Oncofertility begins next Thursday, September 27th in Chicago, IL. This 6th annual conference will include talks from experts across the globe on topics that range from factors influencing primate folliculogenesis to the psychosocial needs of young cancer patients. The…
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What’s All the Hype about Ovarian Hyperstimulation? The Safety of High-Dose Hormones Used in IVF

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Categories: Blog, ethics, fertility
Tags: ethics, IVF
A recent New York Times article shares the story of Debra Demidon, who developed severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) after undergoing IVF. This potentially life-threatening condition caused her to gain more than 30 pounds of fluid and have trouble breathing, and ultimately landed her in…
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