Category: 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…

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…

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…

Don’t miss out on tomorrow’s Oncofertility Virtual Grand Rounds at 10 AM CST! 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 opportunity to…

By Cathryn Smeyers A recent article in the December issue American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, entitled “Fertility preservation in women of reproductive age with cancer” provides a comprehensive overview of the current options for fertility preservation in women with cancer. The authors identified six…

The Oncofertility Consortium was established in 2007,the same year Stupid Cancer was created (formerly know as I’m Too Young For This!), the nations largest support community for the young adult cancer movement. Since then, we have been proud supporters of this group which gives a powerful voice…

By Cathryn Smeyers When female childhood cancer survivors grow up, are they more likely to experience an earlier onset of menopause?  If so, what are the risk factors associated with early menopause?  These were the questions asked by researchers at the French public hospital organization…

This Thursday, the Oncofertility Consortium is happy to host a Virtual Grand Rounds with two clinician-researchers from the Chicago area, Jennifer Hirshfeld-Cytron, MD, and Mary Ellen Pavone, MD. Drs. Hirshfeld-Cytron and Pavone are both Assistant Professors in the departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, at the…