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Ongoing Oncofertility Surveys 2022


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We request your valuable participation in the Ongoing Oncofertility Surveys. Our colleagues seek to collect data on various topics in oncofertility. While a summary of each survey is included below, more detailed consent forms are provided at the associated links. All surveys may be completed…
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Oncofertility Conference at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center James Cancer Hospital and Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
Categories: Blog, Cancer, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Meetings, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility, Research
Congratulations to our colleagues who hosted the first bi-ennial Oncofertility Conference of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center James Cancer Hospital and Nationwide Children's Hospital on Saturday May 18th at the Hilton Downtown Columbus, OH.
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Three More Days to Register!

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Global Partner, Meetings, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility, Research, science
Only three more days to register for the 2018 Oncofertility Conference! Be sure to register before registration closes on November 1. This year’s conference features two full days of lectures and a full day of didatic and applied learning sessions. In addition to the great…
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Dr. So-Youn Kim

Dr. So-Youn Kim at the 2018 Oncofertility Conference

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Meetings, Oncofertility, Research, science
Dr. So-Youn Kim, a former Research Assistant Professor at Northwestern, who has now moved on as an Assistant Professor at the University Nebraska Medical Center, will return to Northwestern for the 2018 Oncoferility Conference and deliver a talk entitled New Discoveries Driving Oncofertility Research and Practice.  Here…
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Dr. Lillian Meacham

Dr. Lillian Meacham, Keynote at the 2018 OCC

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Categories: Blog, Cancer, children, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Meetings, Oncofertility, Research
At this year’s Oncofertility Conference, we are honored that Dr. Lillian Meacham will deliver the day 2 keynote on November 14. Dr. Meacham is is a pediatric endocrinologist and the Kathleen V. Amos Children’s Chair for Cancer Survivorship in the Aflac Cancer Center of Children’s Healthcare of…
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Atsuko Kusuhara Wins Prize from the Asian Society for Fertility Preservation

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Global Partner, In the news, Meetings, Oncofertility, Research
On September 22-23rd in New Delhi, India, the Asian Society for Fertility Preservation (ASFP) and the Fertility Preservation Society (India) (FPSI) hosted their second annual joint Congress of the ASFP & FERTIPROTECT. At this meeting, Dr. Atsuko Kusuhara, an alumna of the Masters of Science in…
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One More Day to Register for the 2018 Oncofertility Conference

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Global Partner, Meetings, National Physicians Cooperative, Oncofertility, Research, science
Tags: 2018 OCC, 2018 Oncofertility Conference, Conference
One more day to register for the 2018 Oncofertility Conference at a reduced registration rate! Registration will increase on October 1, so register now before the rate increases! Registration will close on Novembet 1. We can’t wait to see you all in November!! Click here…
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Endocrine News Podcast: Disorders in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
Categories: Blog, Cancer, In the news, Research
Tags: childhood cancer, Endocrine Society, Survivorship
Listen now to an Endocrine Society podcast featuring Dr. Charles Sklar, from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, who joins the team at the Endocrine Society to discuss the latest Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. Dr. Sklar talks about the need to screen for endocrine disorders in long-term survivors…
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Welcome to the Chinese Fertility Preservation Society, Newest Member of OPEN

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Global Partner, Meetings, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: China, Chinese Society for Fertility Preservation, CSFP, Shuo Xizo
On August 18th and 19th, Dr. Shuo Xiao, an Assistant Professor from University of South Carolina and also the current member of Oncofertility Consortium, was invited to give a talk at the Chinese Fertility Preservation Society (CFPS) 2nd Annual Meeting in Shanghai, China. Dr. Xiao introduced…
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Fellows- Register now for Fellow Education Day at the 2018 Oncofertility Conference!

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
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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March VGR Now Online

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
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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Mexican Study Featured at ASCO Symposium

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Global Partner, Meetings, Research, science
Congratulations to our colleague from Mexico, Dr. Maria Teresa Bourlon, MD, MS, of the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, in Mexico, whose research results in testicular cancer survivors was selected for oral abstract presentation at the 2018 ASCO Genitourinary Symposium in San Francisco, CA,…
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2017 Oncofertility Conference Videos Now Available

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
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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Participate in a Global Oncofertility Study

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
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

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
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

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
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

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
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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Oncofertility in Peru

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Global Partner, In the news, Meetings, Research, science
Tags: BIOMER, Lima, Peru, Peruvian OC
Colleagues in Peru recently hosted a successful course on fertility preservation and are pleased to announce the opening of their first laboratory in Lima, Peru. See the post below from Dr. Flor Sanchez, who is one of the oncofertility ambassadors in Peru. Fertility Preservation Course in…
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New Papers from Australia

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
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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CCSS Career Development Award

Author image - Lauren Ataman-Millhouse By: Lauren Ataman-Millhouse -
Categories: Blog, In the news, Research
Tags: announcement, award, CCSS, junior faculty, trainees
See below for information regarding the CCSS Career Development Award. This announcement is directed to both junior faculty and trainees. All of the information regarding this award is included below. Best of luck with your application! CCSS Career Development Award https://ccss.stjude.org/ The CCSS Career Development…
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