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The 8th annual Oncofertility Consortium Conference is just over a month away! This conference attracts more than 150 researchers, clinicians, advocates, and trainees from around the globe who are dedicated to ensuring reproductive health for cancer survivors whose disease or treatment may impair fertility. This…

National Physicians Cooperative member Leslie Appiah, MD, was featured in this month’s issue of MD Update. Dr. Appiah is an active member of the NPC and is also the Director of Oncofertility at the University of Kentucky, which she recently established at the university. This…

In case you missed Dr. Woodruff’s interview last week on Chicago Tonight, you can watch it here: Ending the Gender Bias in Research. Thank you to Drs. Woodruff and Kibbe on their tireless work to promote the inclusion of females in all research, from cells…

Dr. Teresa Woodruff, Director of the Oncofertility Consortium and Northwestern’s Women’s Health Research Institute will be featured on Chicago Tonight on WTTW, Channel 11, tonight at 7pm CST.  Dr. Woodruff, along with Dr. Melina Kibbe from Northwestern Medicine, were driving forces behind the push for…

Registration is now open for the 2014 Oncofertility Conference (registration closed), Bench to Bedside: Oncofertility Advances in Males and Females which takes place September 22-23, 2014 in Chicago, IL. This year’s conference will attract more than 150 researchers, clinicians, advocates and trainees from around the…

The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University is proud to host a Cancer Survivors’ Celebration Walk & 5K on Sunday, June 1st in Chicago’s Grant Park.  No pledges are required to participate and registration is open until May 30th. This wonderful event…

SHARE Cancer Support is hosting an educational event, Having Children After Cancer, on Wednesday, May 14th from 6:00-7:30pm EST.  Dr. Diana Chavkin, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) specialist at Genesis Fertility and Reproductive Medicine, will discuss fertility preservation options before and after cancer treatment with a Q&A session to follow.  This event is available…

The Oncofertility Consortium is happy to announce the translation of Repropedia into Portuguese.  Repropedia is a reproductive dictionary created by an international team of scientists and clinicians led by investigators at Northwestern University.  This site provides information on common reproductive science terms that can be…

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…

We live in a digital age where more information is available at our fingertips than ever before.  We now have access to information in a matter of seconds that used to take weeks to locate through time intensive literature reviews at the library.  Chapter 12…

Oncofertility Communication: Sharing Information and Building Bridges across Disciplines is divided into two parts.  Part I is Communicating with Patients and Their Families and outlined in Chapters 1-10.  Part II, Communicating with Healthcare Professionals, Stakeholders and the Public starts with Chapter 11, An Interprofessional Approach…