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Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital Expands its Fertility Preservation Program and Performs First Ovarian Harvest

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, National Physicians Cooperative
Tags: ovarian tissue cryopreservation
Children’s Memorial Hospital is expanding its fertility preservation services to its young cancer patients and their families. In February, Marleta Reynolds, MD, Chief of Surgery, and Julian Schink, MD, from Northwestern Memorial Hospital, performed the hospital’s first ovarian harvest on a female patient who is…
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Youngest Oncofertility Patient Receives Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, National Physicians Cooperative
Tags: Fertility Preservation, ovarian tissue cryopreservation
FAMILY TRAVELS TO RHODE ISLAND FROM OHIO FOR FERTILITY PRESERVATION FOR TWO-YEAR-OLD GIRL Having a child diagnosed with cancer is a parent’s worst nightmare.  But juxtaposing the knowledge that your child may survive, and then may never be able to naturally have children of her…
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Oncofertility at the USA Science and Engineering Festival

By: Miranda Bernhardt -
Categories: Blog, In the news, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Institute for Women's Health Research, Oncofertility
The National Mall in Washington D.C. was the place to be for inquisitive minds this past weekend–the USA Science and Engineering Festival held there on Saturday and Sunday drew crowds of nearly 1 million people who took part in over 1,500 hands-on activities, exhibits, and…
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Interview with Holly: Oncofertility Patient in TIME Magazine

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Fertility Preservation, Personal stories
The October 11, 2010 issue of TIME magazine highlighted the importance of fertility preservation for cancer patients. The article discussed the mission of the Oncofertility Consortium and interviewed a young cancer survivor, Holly, who underwent fertility preservation at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL. Since…
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Breast Cancer & Oncofertility

By: Jacqueline Kestler -
Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Advocate, cancer, clinical research, Egg Banking, ovarian tissue cryopreservation
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! This week, The Washington Post shed light on a section of the health care reform law that directly impacts breast cancer research in young women in terms of desired outcomes and available funding.  Between 2010 and 2014, the law…
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Huffington Post Cares about Cancer

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Categories: Blog, General, In the news
Tags: advocacy ribbon, cancer
An international collaboration between cancer organizations is launching the International Charter of Rights for Young People with Cancer. This group is leveraging their influence to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment for young people. The Huffington Post recently posted an article on the charter that hopes to…
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Cancer and Health Care Reform

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Categories: Blog, General, In the news
Tags: cancer, insurance, legal
We posted last week on the Cancer Rights Conference in Chicago, Illinois hosted by the Disability Legal Resource Center. The health care reform bill was one of the most discussed topics at the conference. Formally called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the bill…
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New Demography of American Motherhood

By: Sarah B Rodriguez -
Categories: Blog, General, In the news, Research
On May 6, 2010, the Pew Research Center released a study on changes in the demographics of motherhood in the United States. Comparing data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the Census Bureau from 1990 and 2008, the “The New Demography of…
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It’s safe…right? Possible risks of IVF

By: Miranda Bernhardt -
Categories: Blog, In the news
Tags: Assisted Reproduction, IVF, News
Mouse 2-cell embryo Photo: Miranda Bernhardt The options available to couples facing infertility are increasing, whether or not a cancer diagnosis is involved.  Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), are becoming more and more common, and millions of healthy babies have been…
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Teresa Woodruff on WGN Chicago

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Categories: Blog, In the news, Research
Tags: clinical research
Teresa Woodruff, director of the Oncofertility Consortium, was interviewed on WGN-TV, Chicago about follicle maturation for cancer and fertility research. In the video interview from August 5th, Teresa talks about isolating individual follicle cells and storing them in a 3D gel similar to the ovary’s environment where…
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Religion and Oncofertility – Medill Covers the Summit

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Meetings, Oncofertility
Tags: Conference, ethics, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, religion
An article on infertility and religion in the context of Oncofertility came out today on the Medill Reports Web site. In “Reconciling religion and infertility,” Alina Dain uses the discussions from the Second Annual Oncofertility Summit to explain the different points of view various religions…
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Oncofertility in Brazil

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Categories: Blog, In the news, Oncofertility
Tags: Oncofertility
A magazine in Brazil, “Isto É,” highlighted the Oncofertility Consortium’s research in an article entitled “Depois do câncer, a chance de ter filhos: Tratamentos de reproduçaõ assistida permitem aos pacientes realizar o sonho da gravidez” (A chance at having children after cancer: Assisted reproductive technologies allow patients…
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The BE WiSE Program Highlighted in the Del Mar Times

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Categories: Blog, In the news, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy
Tags: Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA
The OSA counterpart in San Diego, the Be WiSE (Better Education for Women in Science and Engineering) Young Women in Cancer Research Oncofertility Academy, was highlighted in the Del Mar Times. Twelve young women representing 10 high schools were at the event on July 25 to learn…
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WIRED Magazine’s Article Receives Many Comments

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, General, In the news, Meetings, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: clinical research, ethics, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, religion
WIRED magazine ran a story last week based on the research article published in the journal Human Reproduction received many comments. “A Fertility First: Human Egg Cells Grow Up in Lab” written by Hadley Leggett has already gotten 18 comments on the WIRED Web site. People were interested…
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