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1st Royan Symposium on Oncofertility

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Global Partner, Oncofertility
Tags: Conference, Iran, Royan Institute, Symposium
Members of the Oncofertility Professional Engagment Network (OPEN) from Iran recently hosted their first ever Sypomisum on Oncofertility in June. The Royan Symposium on Oncofertility was held on June 21, 2018 in Tehran, Iran. The Symposium was jointly organized by Royan Institute and with cooperation from…
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Fellows- Register now for Fellow Education Day at the 2018 Oncofertility Conference!

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Education, Fertility Preservation, Meetings, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: applied learning sessions, didactic courses, fellow day, fellows
This year at the 2018 Oncofertility Conference, we will host our third annual Fellow Education Day. This day long program will be on the third day of the conference and is open to all fellows in related medical fields. The purpose of the course is to…
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Register Now for the 2018 Oncofertility Conference!

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Meetings, Oncofertility
Registration for the 2018 Oncofertility Consortium Conference is now open! Register now to ensure a low early-bird rate! (registration closed) The 2018 Conference: Bridging the Gaps in Oncofertility Research and Clinical Care: A Global Initiative will be held on November 13-15, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. This year’s…
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Improving Oncofertility Practice in China: Exciting works done by researchers from the University of South Carolina and Nanjing Medical University

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, Global Partner, Oncofertility
Ke Ju, Yuqing Wang, and Gehui Yuan are undergraduate students from Nanjing Medical University (NMU) in China and now conduct their visiting research projects in Dr. Shuo Xiao’s Reproductive Health & Toxicology laboratory at University of South Carolina (USC). Dr. Xiao, an Assistant Professor in…
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March VGR Now Online

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Categories: Blog, Global Partner, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility, Research, Virtual Grand Rounds
Tags: 10 years of oncofertility, global oncofertility, march vgr, Teresa Woodruff, VGR
Dr. Woodruff's VGR presentation is now available online. Her talk Global Oncofertility: Accomplishments, Milestones, and Measures of Interdisciplinary Work summarized the accomplishments of the Consortium over the past ten years and provided direction for the next ten years. To view this presentation and learn more about the…
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Final Reminder: Participate in a Global Oncofertility Study

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
Categories: Blog, Global Partner, Oncofertility, Research
Members of the Oncofertility Global Community: This is a final reminder to participate in a global oncofertility survey. Colleagues in Australia, led by Dr. Antoinette Anazodo, are conducting a research study to develop an international multidisciplinary oncofertility competency framework. The survey has been translated  and…
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Fertility Preservation Society India Launches Oncofertility Journal

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, Global Partner, Oncofertility, Publication
Oncofertility Gloabl Partners colleagues in India recently launched the first oncofertility focused journal. The Onco Fertility Journal, a publication of Fertility Preservation Society (India), is a peer-reviewed print and online semi-annual journal that aims to address issues on fertility and fertility preservation with a special emphasis on…
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2017 Oncofertility Conference Videos Now Available

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Meetings, Oncofertility, Research, science
Videos from the 2017 Oncofertility Conference are now available online to view anytime, any place. A number of other materials from the 2017 Oncofertility Conference, including selected slides from the Day 1 Breakout Sessions are also available online.  To view the videos, click here. For…
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Exciting News from the Alliance for Fertility Preservation

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility, Patient Stories
Tags: insurance coverage, Law, legislation, new york, News
Below is an exiciting announcement from our partners at the Alliance for Fertility Preservation. New York has become the latest state to endorse insurance coverage for IVF and fertility preservation. Current New York law requires coverage of infertility services, but specifically excludes coverage of IVF and fertility…
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Participate in a Global Oncofertility Study

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Categories: Blog, Global Partner, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Antoinette Anazodo, Australia, competency, global partners study, research study
Colleagues in Australia, led by Dr. Antoinette Anazodo, are conducting a research study to develop an international multidisciplinary oncofertility competency framework. Below is more information about the study. If relevant, please participate in the study so together we can develop this competency framework. For any questions,…
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Dr. Teresa Woodruff Named to the National Academy of Inventors

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Categories: Blog, In the news, Oncofertility, Research, science
Tags: Awards, inventions, inventor, National Academy of Inventors
Congratulations to Dr. Teresa Woodruff, the Director of the Oncofertility Consortium and the Dean of the Graduate School at Northwestern University for her most recent award. Dr. Woodruff was named to the National Academy of Inventors for her many patents and her creation of the field of…
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New study: Young female hematologic cancer survivors have increased infertility risk

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Global Partner, In the news, Meetings, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, infertility, study, treatment regimens, women
A new population-based study from Ontario, Canada revealed at ASRM found that young women who were survivors of hematologic cancer were more likely to have a diagnosis of infertility than cancer-free women. Click here to read about this important study in its entirety. 
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Oncofertility in China

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, Global Partner, In the news, Meetings, Oncofertility, Research
Congratulations to The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University that becomes the first Chinese global partner of Oncofertility Consortium. On October 21-22, 2017, Dr. Qionghua Chen, the chief director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in The First Affiliated Hospital in Xiamen University, Fujian,…
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Notable Papers

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, Publication
Below are 20 new and notable publications from the field of oncofertility over the past six months. Congratulations to all of our colleagues on these publications.  New Promising Strategies in Oncofertility. Hudson JN, Stanley NB, Nahata L, Bowman-Curci M, Quinn GP. Expert Rev Qual Life Cancer…
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New Papers from Australia

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, Global Partner, Oncofertility, Publication, Research
Congratulations to our colleagues in Australia who recently published two new review papers in the Journal of Psycho-Oncology. Read the abstracts below and click the links to read the full text.  Clinician provision of oncofertility support in cancer patients of a reproductive age: A systematic…
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July VGR: Advocating for FP Insurance Coverage

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Categories: Advocate, Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility, Patient Stories, Virtual Grand Rounds
Tags: connecticut, fp, iatrogenic, insurance, insurance coverage, insurance mandates, joyce reinecke, rhode island
July's VGR presentation is now available online. Joyce Reinecke, JD, Executive Director of the Alliance for Fertility Preservation, presented on advocating for insurance coverage and discussed the recent efforts in many states to mandate coverage for fertility preservation procedures. Connecticut and Rhode Island became the first and…
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Early Bird Registration-One More Week!

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Meetings, Oncofertility
Tags: 2017 OCC, conference registration, early bird, registration
Early-bird registration ends in just one week! Register now to ensure a low rate of $300 for the three-day Oncofertility Conference, which includes a full day of didactic education sessions and hands-on learning, and two full days of traditional lectures. Attendees also receive a variety of…
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ASRM Certificate Course Now Available!

Author image - Brigid Martz Smith By: Brigid Martz Smith -
Categories: Blog, CME, Education, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility
In collaboration with the Oncofertility Consortium, ASRM is now offering a Principles of Fertility Preservation for Reproductive Healthcare Providers Certificate Course.  This project was sprearheaded by Drs. Divya Shah and Wendy Vitek and includes modules such as: Overview of Initial Fertility Preservation Consultation Toxicity of…
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Reprotopia – Reproductive Knowledge for Lifelong Learners

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Categories: Blog, Education, Oncofertility
Tags: education, k-gray, learning, life long learners, new you, Repropedia, reprotopia, science outreach, that's who
  Have you struggled with how to teach your children or students about reproductive health and puberty? Do you have questions about fertility or menopause? Reprotopia is an online resource that offers a wide range of free, scientifically accurate educational tools for people of all…
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Day 1 Education Sessions

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Education, Meetings, Oncofertility
Tags: 2017 OCC, Day 1, Oncofertility conference
The first day of the 2017 Oncofertility Conference will consist of a number of education sessions. These smaller, more intimate sessions, will cover a variety of practical oncofertility topics and allow for maximum interaction among attendees. Many of the courses include a combination of lectures, extended…
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