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April 22nd-28th: National Infertility Awareness Week

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Categories: Blog, General
April 22-28, 2012 is National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW), a nationwide campaign intended to educate the public about infertility and the concerns of the infertility community.  This year’s theme is “Don’t Ignore Infertility,” with an emphasis on speaking out about the realities of infertility, and…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Training the Next Generation in Oncofertility: Part 2

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Categories: Blog, General
This is the 2nd in a 3-part blog series featuring Oncofertility Consortium superstar, Laxmi Kondapalli, MD, MSCE.  In this post, we focus on her time at the University of Pennsylvania. To read the 1st blog, click here. ———————— Knowing that she wanted to continue to…
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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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Oncofertility Saturday Academy Pioneers Bioethics Education: Part 2

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Categories: Blog, General
Last week I had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Laurie Zoloth regarding the bioethics program embedded in the Oncofertility Saturday Academy (OSA) curriculum.  During our conversation, we also touched upon religion and how that factors into the bioethics portion of the OSA program that…
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April 2012: Donate Your Hair to Cancer

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, General
Tags: Advocate, American Cancer Society, Beautiful Lengths Campaign, cancer, Locks of Love, Northwestern University, Pantene, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
For many women, temporary hair loss during chemotherapy is a very emotional and difficult experience. Hair loss occurs because chemotherapy targets all rapidly dividing cells—healthy cells as well as cancer cells. Hair follicles contain some of the fastest-growing cells in the body, and as the…
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Oncofertility in the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, Take 2!

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Advocate, cancer, clinical research, education, Fertility Preservation, JAYAO, Oncofertility, social science
I’m excited to be writing about the second issue of the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (JAYAO) , the first cancer journal of it’s kind. This second issue is no small feat – many journals come and go and it takes a dedicated…
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Presidential Award for Girls’ Science Mentoring Goes to Oncofertility Program

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Categories: Blog, General, In the news, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Awards, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
The Oncofertility Saturday Academy, a national program to educate high school students originated at the Women’s Health Science Program, which just received a Presidential Award for excellence in mentoring. Here are the details! _____________________ Latina and African American high-school girls are prepared for science, health…
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Examining Cancer, Fertility, Sexuality, and Gender – A Study

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Advocate, cancer, Egg Banking, Embryo Banking, fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, LGBT, Northwestern University, social science, Sperm Banking
By Maya M. Harper, M.A. Every year, 70,000 adolescents and young adults (AYAs) between the ages of 15-40 are diagnosed with cancer. They may experience this diagnosis as a devastating twist of fate that has the potential for derailing their life from its current track.…
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Cancer Support Community: Improving the Standard of Care for Breast Cancer Survivors

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Cancer, General, In the news
Tags: Advocate, breast cancer, Cancer Support Community, education, Gilda's Club, Research, social science, The Wellness Community
The Cancer Support Community (CSC) was formed in 2009 by the the Wellness Community and Gilda’s Club.  Together, they offer both psychological and social support to individuals living with cancer.  CSC is committed to behavioral, psychosocial and survivorship research and training in an effort to…
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READ ALL ABOUT IT!! BE WiSE and the Future of Oncofertility

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Categories: Blog, General
There’s no doubt you have seen some of our past blog posts, extolling the many virtues of the Oncofertility Saturday Academy (OSA).  It’s all about getting young women interested in science and giving them an opportunity to see, firsthand, how impactful science can be by…
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