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Fertility at the 13th Annual Oncology Nursing Conference

By: Oncofertility Admin -
Categories: Blog, Conferences, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Conference, Northwestern University
In 1998, the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University assembled a group of nurses and other oncology experts together for an inaugural oncology nursing conference. Every year since, this successful conference has highlighted emerging topics to oncology nurses from around the Midwest.…
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Oncofertility Scientist for a Day

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Categories: Blog, General, Oncofertility
Day 2 with our embedded journalist. —– By Kirsten Tellam I was really excited for my day at the oncofertility lab today– I actually got my hands in a pair of gloves and did some work! First it was time for follicle isolation. Ovaries are…
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Oncofertility at the USA Science and Engineering Festival

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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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Cancer Survivorship 101 Conference Covers Oncofertility

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, General, Meetings, Oncofertility
Tags: cancer, Oncofertility
This upcoming November 12, 2010, the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the STAR Program (Survivors Taking Action & Responsibility) are hosting a regional conference in downtown Chicago, IL. The event, titled Cancer Survivorship 101: Educating Primary Care Providers in their Treatment of Cancer…
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Publication of New Oncofertility Book

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Categories: Blog, General, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: ethics, legal
The Oncofertility Consortium finds new ways to prevent life-saving cancer treatments from destroying fertility through multiple avenues of scientific research. But this emerging field does not live in isolation and the consortium addresses larger issues in oncofertility through discussions with communicators, economists, historians, and religious and…
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Breast Cancer & Oncofertility

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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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Symbiosis in Science: Interdisciplinary Research at the Forefront of Medicine

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Categories: Blog, General, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: BRCA
Many Americans have heard of the term “interdisciplinary research” but don’t really understand how that affects them on a daily basis. Interdisciplinary research crosses traditional professional boundaries. Within science, it incorporates researchers from departments as different as physics, psychology, and biology. True interdisciplinary research also…
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Parthe-what? How Parthenotes Could Advance Oncofertility Research

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Fertility Preservation, parthenote
Picture by Alison Kim, PhD Many people have never heard of the term parthenote, the byproduct of a process called parthenogenesis. Parthenogenesis occurs when an egg becomes activated and starts dividing without sperm. While parthenogenesis happens frequently in many plants and vertebrate animals, it is…
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New Research: A Fertile Future for Cancer Fighters

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: publication
In previous blogs, we discuss some of the currently available techniques in oncofertility, including sperm banking for men and ovarian tissue cryopreservation (OTC) for women. As one of the newer techniques, OTC allows women to have their ovaries removed, cryopreserved, and then reimplanted later. This…
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Preorder New Oncofertility Book on Amazon

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Categories: Blog, General, Oncofertility
Tags: ethics, legal, Oncofertility, social science
In 2007, the first book about Oncofertility discussed many of the scientific and medical advances available to cancer patients wishing to preserve their fertility. Collaborators at the Oncofertility Consortium now examine the humanities and social science aspects of the field in the book Oncofertility: Ethical,…
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Insurance Often Doesn’t Cover Fertility Preservation Costs

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Egg Banking, Fertility Preservation, insurance, Sperm Banking
Receiving a cancer diagnosis is traumatizing. Your doctor runs some tests, possibly sends you to a specialist, and then tells you the bad news. Within a few days, you must process this life-changing information, decide on and receive fertility preservation, and start cancer therapy. But…
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Techniques in Fertility: Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, Techniques
Over the past decades, advances in fertility, such as in vitro fertilization, also increased reproductive options for female cancer patients. Prior tobeginning chemotherapy and radiation, patients can now freeze down their eggs or embryos to be used after beating the cancer. Unfortunately, these options are…
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BRCA and Babies: The Relationship Between Breast Cancer Genes and Fertility

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
Tags: BRCA, cancer, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
In 1990, Mary-Claire King, PhD made a groundbreaking discovery: she identified a gene that was similar in people with inherited forms of breast cancer. She identified this gene by examining families with rare forms of breast cancer, such as those occurring early in life, in…
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Fertility in Male Childhood Cancer Survivors

Author image - Kristin N Smith By: Kristin N Smith -
Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
Tags: Sperm Banking, Testicular Cryopreservation
A recent article published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology used research from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS) to facilitate research on long-term survivors of cancer diagnosed in childhood and adolescence.   Specifically, the authors retrospectively looked at the fertility of male survivors of childhood cancer…
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Congratulations to Dave Look!

By: Jacqueline Kestler -
Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility
On April 13, 2010, Dave Look received the Northwestern University Information Technology (NUIT) Customer Champion Award based on his work with the Oncofertility Consortium and Dr. Teresa K. Woodruff.  Dave’s work is pivotal to the Oncofertility Consortium’s success, as he helps to develop and enhance…
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